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Democrats should embrace the 'defund the police' slogan
Democrats are trying to disavow the "defund the police" slogan while trying to win over the movemen…
Eoin Higgins
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses Republicans of defunding the police by refusing to send aid to state and local governments
"You want to know who's actually trying to defund the police? Republicans," Ocasio-Cortez told her …
Eliza Relman
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says 'defund the police' is 'not the position of the Democratic Party'
"I quote one my colleagues from New York, Ritchie Torres ... way on the left, saying that defund th…
John L. Dorman
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House majority whip says Democrats lost seats in Congress this year because of calls to 'defund the police'
Calls to defund the police gained steam earlier this year, but the movement has divided Democrats o…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Officials in Minneapolis have pledged to 'defund the police' — here's how that could work in practice
"Defund the police" advocates broadly argue that the role of the police should be reduced, and many…
Bill Bostock
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'I don't think it's rotten at the core': Biden tells Trevor Noah that he's still against defunding the police
"Well I think there are a lot of changes that can take place, period, without having to defund the …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Trump was visibly annoyed after a Fox News reporter corrected him on his false claim about Joe Biden
"He couldn't find any indication because there isn't any that Joe Biden has sought to abolish and d…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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President Biden was met with bipartisan cheers as he spoke against defunding the police during State of the Union address
"So let's not abandon our streets. Or choose between safety and equal justice," President Joe Biden…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Democratic leaders are rejecting the biggest demand of Black Lives Matter protesters as they push their police reform bill
Trump and his allies are continuing to push the misleading narrative that all Democrats want to def…
John Haltiwanger
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Ben and Jerry's calls to 'defund the police' in a Juneteenth social media post building on its long campaign against racism
The ice cream brand is backing Black Lives Matter activists, who are calling to reallocate law enfo…
Eliza Relman,Kate Taylor
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AOC pushes back on Obama's 'defund the police' critique: 'The whole point of protesting is to make people uncomfortable.'
Without mentioning the former president by name, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended the "defund…
Jake Lahut
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Black Lives Matter co-founder explains what 'defund the police' actually means
The demand is a major step that combines rerouting funds from police departments and redistributing…
Ellen Cranley
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's never called for defunding police in a Fox debate with Sen. Lindsey Graham
Sanders on Monday distanced himself from the phrase after Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham blamed him…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Obama says that 'snappy' slogans like 'defund the police' lose people 'the minute you say it'
"If you want to get something done in a democracy, then you've got to be able to meet people where …
John L. Dorman
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Joe Biden won't support defunding the police as part of his 2020 campaign message
Biden supports police-community engagement, greater police department diversity, and the use of bod…
Isaac Scher
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Biden tells civil rights leaders that Republicans weaponized the 'defund the police' slogan to 'beat the hell' out of Democrats
"That's how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we're talking about…
Grace Panetta
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NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams says 'young white affluent people' lead the 'defund the police' movement
Brooklyn Borough President and former NYPD officer Eric Adams said he's "never been to an event whe…
Jake Lahut
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Police groups challenge the GOP claim that Democrats sought to 'defund the police' in reform legislation
Groups representing members of law enforcement said reform legislation did not in fact propose "def…
Charles Davis
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Support for defunding the police collapsed in 2021, with steep drops among Black adults and Democrats, new poll shows
Young people, Democrats, and Black adults are all more likely to say they support increased police …
Jake Lahut
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Hillary Clinton dismisses the 'defund the police' movement, says accountability must go along with policing
"The most important thing is to win the next election. The alternative is so frightening that whate…