Posted on 08/11/2021 3:49:16 PM PDT by Libloather
A fired-up Sen. Cory Booker praised GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville for forcing a vote Tuesday in the Senate on defunding the police, saying he wanted to "hug" his GOP colleague for putting to rest "scurrilous" accusations that Senate Democrats want to strip law enforcement of money.
Tuberville, R-Ala., authored an amendment to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would decrease federal funds to localities that defund the police. In teeing up the politically charged vote, Tuberville said in a floor speech that "opposing my amendment is a vote in support of defunding the police and against the men and women in blue."
If the intent was to get Democrats to vote against the measure to make a point that liberals want to defund the police, Booker said he was "excited" to squash that opportunity.
"This senator has given us the gift that finally, once and for all, we can put to bed this scurrilous accusation that somebody in this great esteemed body would want to defund the police," an overly animated Booker, D-N.J., said Tuesday night from the Senate floor.
Booker encouraged all of his colleagues to not walk, but "sashay" down to the well of the Senate to vote in favor of Tuberville's amendment to "put to rest the lies" that Senate Democrats want to defund law enforcement.
"This is a gift," Booker said. "If it wasn't complete abdication of Senate procedures and esteem I would walk over there and hug my colleague from Alabama!"
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Booker is not “pro cop.” The “mainstream Democrats” know that this will destroy any chance of a majority. They must appear “pro cop.” There is no such thing as a “mainstream Democrat” unless you are talking about people who call themselves Republicans.
Being There
If the Demagogic Party pigs are against defunding the police, why did a Republican have to force the vote?
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