Posted on 11/18/2020 6:00:15 AM PST by rustyweiss74
Senator Bernie Sanders, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, claimed “nobody” he knows talks about the need to defund the police.
Tapper began by mentioning how Democrats have suggested that pushing progressive policies in the Georgia Senate runoffs could hurt their candidates.
He cited House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) who recently said, if “we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we’re not going to win.”
Sanders sought to change the narrative.
“Let’s rephrase that,” he insisted. “Nobody I know who’s running for office talks about defunding the police.”
“What we talk about is making police officers accountable,” Sanders added, offering up several examples. “That is not defund the police.”
(Excerpt) Read more at menrec.com ...
Jake Littella: "Oh. That's very different. Never mind."
He probably doesn’t. Other than those who worship and vote for him. It is they, not Bernie who are the idiots. Bernie has made millions of dollars from idiots such as these. He lives high on the hog, while they live in squalor and poverty because their money is contributed to Bernie.
Ihlan omar- has been very vocal EVERY DAY- about de-funding the Minneapolis police
Your blog is a cut and paste of Political Insider. What makes you think you can make it clickbait here on our dime, blog pimp?
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“What we talk about is making police officers accountable,” Sanders added, offering up several examples. “That is not defund the police.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Nobody I know who’s running for office talks about defunding the police — what we talk about is making police officers accountable.” pic.twitter.com/b80r0Bys9n
— The Hill (@thehill) November 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders’ Comrades Frequently State They Want to Defund the Police
Sanders’ good friend and closest policy ally in Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), has explicitly and frequently argued in favor of the ‘defund the police’ movement.
She complained when New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced he had cut $1 billion from the NYPD budget.
“Defunding the police means defunding police,” she said “It does not mean budget tricks or funny math.”
MOMENTS AGO: Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany slams Rep. AOC discussing uptick in NYC violence: “You have Rep. Ocasio-Cortez saying this is just because people are trying to get food with their families.” pic.twitter.com/SREtVGwZtF
— The Hill (@thehill) July 13, 2020
She reiterated calls to defund the police even after the election.
“I believe the path toward justice is a long arc. Safety is not just an officer with a badge and a gun,” claimed AOC at a virtual town hall.
“Our [police budget] is too high.”
Ah okay “nobody” https://t.co/aurcmtUBg1 pic.twitter.com/9qIahv8121
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) November 15, 2020
More Anti-Police Comments From the Squad
Aside from AOC, other members of Bernie’s Angels have spoken vociferously in favor of defunding the police.
“I will never cosign on funding a police department that continues to brutalize us,” ‘Squad’ member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said of the Minneapolis Police Department.
She called the department a ‘cancer’ that needed to be cut out to a cheering mob in June.
When this whole thing fails, take note that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar also supports the dismantling of the Minneapolis Police Department. pic.twitter.com/cW3O745oq5
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 8, 2020
As for political candidates running on the platform of dismantling police departments, again the Squad has made their thoughts quite clear.
Over the summer, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) introduced the BREATHE Act with great fanfare.
The legislation was developed and written by the Electoral Justice Project for the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a group that seeks to “abandon” police, prisons, and any form of punishment for lawbreakers.
Rep. Tlaib supports BREATHE Act, includes defunding police, reparations, universal basic income https://t.co/ZbAWa6XoHD
— Detroit Metro Times (@metrotimes) July 9, 2020
Sanders stated an obvious and easily verified lie and Tapper, helping to spread that lie, didn’t push back on it one bit.
Read more at the Political Insider
How many men have you rec’d today?
Bernie obviously doesn’t know AOC.
The Minneapolis city council voted to disband the police.
There has already been a partial defunding in places, like in NYC where the lunatic Mayor disbanded their elite anti-crime unit, and violent crime has exploded there.
This poor, old asshole forgot his meds...again. Well, maybe NOT poor.
Perhaps atheist Bernie was using the Biblical definition of “know”?
HE started it! ASSHOLE!!
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