- cross-posted to:
- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
Basically, house Republicans voted to defund DC police because even though it’s not federal money, they fact that that have the power to pass laws affecting DC means that they can claim these as “cuts”. Again, defunding the DC police doesn’t help the federal government save a dime. But it’s technically a budget cut, just not the budget cut they’re supposed to working on. Yes, it’s that silly.
When did Republicans become the party of defunding the police?
The good news is that we now have one party interested in defunding the police.
The bad news is that they’re a party of criminals who have a vested interest in doing so.
The moment they had the power to cut funding so they could give more tax breaks go the rich.
I’m not in a position to type out a long comment, but this link should give you the answers you need.