Remember when Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, targeted police officers? Even Biden himself vowed that he would ‘defund the police’. Now Democrats want to pretend like that never happened as election day grows near and crime hums along at an all-time high. Too bad for them, no one forgot who launched a dangerous campaign that endangered officers.
In recent conferences, both Pelosi and Biden claimed that ‘defund’ was not the policy of Democrats. It was a lie too thick for the nets to swallow.
Just take a look at ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and his co-host Rachel Scott’s interview with the political embodiment of flatulence, Chris Christie. I have to admit, I expected this trio to support Democrats blindly, but the left has finally gone too far with their lie.
The segment began with Stephanopoulos wondering why Democrats stopped screeching to defund the police.
Scott responded, “I mean there’s a handful of Progressives over in the House that want to potentially defund the police. But, I mean we heard from the President himself, we heard from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this is not a message that they believe even. Exactly, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has come out and said this is not our message. This is not what we’re campaigning on ahead of the midterms. And Mayor Adams just pointed out there was funding within that Build Back Better plan to actually help police officers.”
Even Christie shocked me by calling it what it really was, propaganda, “they’re not saying it anymore because it’s not popular anymore,” Christie said. He then went on to offer his Dem buddies some cover adding, “I’m not saying Schumer or those guys were in favor, but they were silent. They were scared and they were silent to oppose the progressives.”
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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Rachel, you don’t hear defund the police too much on Capitol Hill, anymore?
RACHEL SCOTT: No, not at all, actually. I mean there’s a handful of Progressives over in the House that want to potentially defund the police. But, I mean we heard from the President himself, we heard from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, this is not a message that they believe even. Exactly, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has come out and said this is not our message. This is not what we’re campaigning on ahead of the midterms. And Mayor Adams just pointed out there was funding within that Build Back Better plan to actually help police officers.
CHRIS CHRISTIE: But this is not a funding problem, George. And no one is alleging this is a funding problem. This is a policy problem. And these are policies that are being instituted by liberal prosecutors, supported — I know they’re not saying it anymore, Rachel. They’re not saying it anymore because it’s not popular anymore. But when it was popular, I’m not saying Schumer or those guys were in favor, but they were silent. They were scared and they were silent to oppose the progressives.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
