rooster, The article was useful for me in that it made the point that yet again Republicans were benefiting by dishonestly attacking Democrats by saying they supported policies they did not support. That is by misrepresenting the left of the party. By attacking the legislative left of the party for policies even they were not wholeheartedly responsible for.
In this case by dishonestly attacking the so-called Squad for activist inspired policy such as defunding police, renaming schools and
There are several problems with this analysis. For one, the members of “the Squad,” for all of the media attention they receive, are still backbenchers with little sway over the party’s legislative agenda: They are but six of the 222 Democratic members of the House. They’re also far more focused on creating equitable economic policy than on any of the things mentioned by Allen. Nor, it’s worth underlining, are they the engines of those policies. “ Defund the police” emerged from activists .. defund-police-mainstream-324816" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/defund-police-mainstream-324816 .. and has hardly been embraced by the Democratic Party. Renaming schools and tearing down statues emerged in similar fashion—both were seen as the bare minimum during the unrest over police brutality that defined the summer of 2020, something Allen does not mention—though both have more support within the party’s mainstream. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=168040730
Anyway, defund the police in practice means reallocation, reorganization and other reforms, as you, rooster, well know.
rooster, Ask yourself the question, Could policing in America be improved? Could our policing be better? Ok, now if your answers are no-no you would be in an abject minority Where Americans stand on policing today Americans overwhelmingly support reforms — but many still trust police. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167253785
Maybe English is not your primary language, but you said the Republicans will annihilate the Democrats in the mid-terms and wanted to know what that would mean. I said we would be fucked - You agreed wholeheartedly. So how does it then follow that Republicans can right the ship?
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