Nat. Review:
Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) broke from progressive counterparts in calls to defund the police, saying instead that the country needs “well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments.”
Sanders addressed progressive critics who viewed him as an obstacle to growing calls for defunding the police in the wake of national unrest following the death of George Floyd in a New Yorker interview published Tuesday.
“Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments,” He stated.
On Sunday, the Minneapolis City Council announced it had a veto-proof majority to “abolish the Minneapolis Police system as we know it,” and city council president Lisa Bender explained on Monday that fearing the repercussions of dismantling police forces “comes from a place of privilege.” Ilhan Omar, a former surrogate for Sanders’s presidential campaign, applauded the decision.
Another Sanders ally, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), attempted to explain on Twitter that the call to defund the police “means that Black & Brown communities are asking for the same budget priorities that White communities have already created for themselves.” more
That’s old Bernie speaking as the owner of multiple homes that he doesn’t want looted.
I didn’t think I would ever agree with Bernie.
He is being consistent. Communist and Socialist regimes live on strong police forces, so it does make sense for him to support them.
Having said that, I do hope that Omar and AOC have their dwellings invaded by mobs with nobody available to take their calls to 911.
Wow. The dumb shit is right for once.
2020 continues to boggle the mind…
The rancid old commie’s ideas for more resources would be to have a diversity office staffed by BLM & Antifa in every department from coast to coast. Oh yeah, no damn white cops either.
How else to subjugate the proles? Right Bernie?
After selling out to clinton, and then biden, sanders has a lot of property to protect from his own hoards.
Peace, love, dope. Come on, Bernie, get with the program! Those hippie kids just want to be left alone in a commune like you did – and got kicked out of.