From Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger:
Some of those supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, including many progressive Democrats, have talked about defunding the police. They never suggested doing away with the police — only taking some of the money and funding others to do the work that police are not adequately trained to do (like having mental health professionals handle calls regarding a mentally-ill person).
But Republicans saw an opportunity in that. That campaigned saying Democrats wanted to do away with the police. It wasn’t true, but it scared a lot of people and probably did help the GOP in the election.
That’s why it’s strange that the Republicans in the U.S. Congress are doing the opposite of what they campaigned on. They are actually DEFUNDING THE POLICE (and many other services in both red and blue states). How are they doing this?