Democrats are now claiming that they never wanted to “defund the police.”
Far-left Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) claimed in an interview that the Democrats did not support the “defund the police” movement.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Wednesday that her party does not support the movement to “defund the police.”
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“We’ve never taken the position as a party that we should defund the police,” Hirono said in an interview with CNN’s Ana Cabrera. “I am a progressive Democrat. I have never said that we should defund the police.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki bizarrely suggested that it was Republicans that wanted to defund the police.
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Here’s Jen Psaki suggesting REPUBLICANS were trying to defund police pic.twitter.com/m8pus7BS9O
— Kylee Zempel (@kyleezempel) June 23, 2021
This walk back comes as crime soars in left-wing cities across the United States.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that crime has gotten so bad cities that defunded the police are now refunding them:
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he was reinstating $92 million to build a new precinct.
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is now proposing a $27 million increase in the police budget after cutting the budget by $22 million.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is proposing a $24 million increase in the police department’s budget.
The same is going on in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed an increase of $50 million to the police budget.
