Most Americans don’t support defund the police. They are like me. Troubled by the militarization of the police and lack of accountability. But we want a well funded police that well trained that is also easily held accountable.
Biden may not have directly said he wants that (I have to check) but the democrats have at the state and local level. So it’s attached to Biden like it or not. It’s up to Biden if he will denounce it. Which I hope he does. But it will alienate some of his supporters because it’s not trump supporters that want to defund the police.
Ok so admittedly you are attributing whatever any Biden voter does to Biden himself? The only reason you would think he supports it is because you are in the conservative bubble. It’s pretty much common knowledge that he doesn’t.
“While I do not believe federal dollars should go to police departments violating people’s rights or turning to violence as the first resort, I do not support defunding police,” he wrote. “The better answer is to give police departments the resources they need to implement meaningful reforms, and to condition other federal dollars on completing those reforms.” - Biden
So a random protesters holds up a sign that says 'Defund the Police" and that’s proof Biden is a weak leader? I don’t think that deserves a response. At least everyone can see your narrative about Biden supporting defund the police is wrong.
Now if only all democrats could fall in line and believe the same thing, no diversity of thought. And then maybe we could all get matching hats?
Nope. That’s not I said. I said local democrats that run these places. You’ve corrected me, I was wrong to say Biden wants to defund the police. So now Biden doesn’t want to defund the police but he’s too weak to tell the local democratic leaders to stop trying to defund the police.
If as you said, nobody’s buying the fact that law and order are breaking down in Democrat cities, then Biden didn’t have to do squat.
If nobody’s buying it, then Biden’s chances of winning are safer if he had just stayed in his basement. He wouldn’t have had to take any chances at all if nobody’s buying it.
In fact lots of Americans are buying it, and Biden’s campaign knows it.
I said something altogether different above. But it’s all right, guys. I’m done with this thread for the day. It’s Friday and I’m shifting my thoughts to more enjoyable things.
I’m not certain how much local leaders support defund the police. I’ve seen most Democratic politicians denounce. The perception in the conservative bubble is quite different I’m sure. But even if a local leaders does support defund the police I think that just shows Democrats are less of a cult and have diversity of thought. That’s a good thing. We can have conversations.
Funny thing is all this fear that extremists are taking over the Democratic party when it’s already happened to the Republicans. " They’re going to bring marxism and take your guns away!" Yeah none of that’s happened. Just like Antifa isn’t going to take over the party. There are two centrists running. So who’s being hyperbolic?
The guy had been arrested once already by police this summer in Portland, on July 5, for resisting and other charges. Of course the Portland DA dropped all charges, and whatever mental condition caused this (now dead) murderer to obsess about the summer’s protests in Portland festered and grew worse until he shot a Trump supporter dead on the street.
But never fear, folks, it’s not like law and order in Portland has broken down or anything. Democrat leadership is strong, obviously. Move along, nothing to be learned here.
