Democrats still plagued by Defund the Police members

 Red States:

Because of how badly their embrace of the “Defund the Police” movement hurt House Democrats in the 2020 elections (they lost 14 seats), they’ve spent a good deal of the summer trying to shed the label, even laughably suggesting that it was Republicans who wanted to cut funding for law enforcement over the last 18 months.

But no matter how hard they try, Democrats can’t escape their association with Defund the Police radicals, primarily because their advocates who were elected to serve in Congress like “Squad” members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib, Ayanna Pressley, and Cori Bush seem keen on keeping the “Defund” message out front and center in the eyes of the American people – in the process unintentionally handing Republicans yet another gift.

Case in point, Rep. Bush’s recent comments on CBS News when asked about reports that she paid $70,000 for private security this year despite the fact that she’s called for police departments to be defunded....

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The National Republican Congressional Committee wasted no time in using Bush’s comments against her – and her party:

“We want to thank Cori Bush for reminding everyone [that] Democrats are the party of Defund the Police,” NRCC spokesman Michael McAdams told Politico. “While violent crime ravages communities, Democrats are spending campaign dollars on private security for themselves.”

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They can't seem to help themselves in exposing their own hypocrisy.  Her inadvertent message is "I need to be protected so I can do my work of making sure that you are not protected."  She acts like her base is made up of the criminals who are frustrated by police arresting them for crimes.

See, also:

Biden White House Defends Cori Bush: ‘Okay’ that Some Democrats Support Defunding the Police