When did Republicans become the party of defunding the police?
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The moment they had the power to cut funding so they could give more tax breaks go the rich.
Specifically, this action talked about in the article is an addition to the GOP spending bill which is awaiting vote in the senate OR upon filibuster could be handed back to the house for reconciliation.
The bill also cuts medicare, agriculture, education, and commerce investments.
They're looking to halve the deficit by cutting 2 Trillion in spending so that they can extend their TCJA tax cuts which adds 4.5 trillion net loss for the government.
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So that's where the refund the police movement went wrong? They just needed to say they would use the money to enrich themselves? Or no, it has to be like already established rich whites?
No refund without a receipt
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.
I’m not in a position to type out a long comment, but this link should give you the answers you need.
Why is the GOP so soft on crime?!
Because they have a hardon for insurrectionists?
What about the thin blue line as the libs were calling for defunding the police?
They will just replace with military. It's not like they are going to go unprotected. I think this is all about a grudge Krasnov has against the DC police defending the capital on January 6th 2021 from his planned insurrection.
Proud someone else is calling this fuck by his real name. Fuck Krasnov!
just like the military, they outlived thier usefulness.
Tell me you're planning an insurrection without telling me you're planning an insurrection.
bAck tHE BLue
They are setting things so they cant be stopped. This is all phase 1.
I think you mean they're setting things so they can only be stopped a certain way.
How's that thin blue line doing?
I suspect they're about to replace them with armed murder drones.
Can't have a coup if they don't bring the military in. Robots won't have a moral dilemma and back the people.
It's private military contractor time!
In a nice, brown uniform and operated by the republican party!
Republicans say Defund the police? We are through the looking glass, up is down, down is up, democrats have a spine, dogs and cats living together!
Mass Listeria!
I wish that were a typo
Democrats have a spine lol good one
A spine as strong as peeled banana.
DC Police weren't exactly fans of January 6th. Could this be a move to weaken an opposition to a possible coup?
Article didn't list the bill, and couldn't find it on the congress.gov website either: https://www.congress.gov/quick-search/legislation?wordsPhrases=&wordVariants=on&congressGroups%5B0%5D=0&congresses%5B0%5D=119&legislationNumbers=&legislativeAction=108&sponsor=on&representative=&senator=
I won't believe this happened until I see a reference to the bill.
G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/europe/spending-bill-government-shutdown-dc-budget-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.8pFw.TIGVj5LxeB0M
It doesn't explicitly cut DC Police but the cut has to come from somewhere and it will be the police, city workers, and teachers:
"Given that the budget freeze would come six months into the city’s fiscal year, the District would need to scramble within a matter of days to find a billion dollars in savings between now and the end of September.
Since much of that money was tied up in contracts, leases and Medicaid, all of which take time to be accessible, local officials warned that the most immediate target for the cuts would be the salaries of city workers, including police officers and teachers.
“There’s no way to cut that kind of money in the time that we would have in this fiscal year not to affect police or not to affect teachers and not to affect some of the basic government services that allow us to keep our city clean, safe and beautiful,” said Ms. Bowser"
They are positioning to not transition any power ever. 50501
Isn't it surreal to imagine this administration not ratfucking elections? Isn't it hard to imagine them ever ceding power peacefully? The legal challenges can and should occur, but they're not going to save us in the end I fear.
As a wise (???) man once said: The courts have made their decision, now let them enforce it.
Legal challenges will not be enough.
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"Defund the police!"
".... No, wait, not by the baddies!"
The 2nd step is using the funds to alleviate poverty and creating other organizations to handle mental health crisises IIRC.
Ah... Will you settle for soothing billionaires' egos and making them richer?
I feel like this is not going to work out in the way they think it will
Noted
Such a great idea!
If Republicans did it, it's likely got horrendous consequences somehow
Huh, so weird.
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