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Democrats Block Resolution That Opposes Defunding Police. Comes As Nation Battles Riots, Soaring Crime.

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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 19: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conducts her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, December 19, 2019.
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House Democrats overwhelmingly voted on Thursday, 231 to 176, to block a Republican resolution that called for justice for George Floyd, condemning riots, and opposing efforts to defund or dismantle police departments.

The resolution, introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), does the following:

  • Calls for justice for George Floyd.
  • Calls for justice for officers and others who have suffered from violence at the hands of extremists
  • Strongly condemns the violence, riots, and looting in the United States
  • Recognizes that violent opportunists use the cover of legitimate protests by their fellow citizens to sow chaos
  • Recognizes that the actions of those committed to violence does not diminish the rights of other Americans to peacefully protest
  • Urges peace and order to be restored
  • Expresses that those responsible for these violent acts be held criminally responsible for their actions
  • Strongly opposes any effort to establish autonomous areas within the sovereign territory of the United States
  • Strongly opposes efforts to defund, dismantle, or disband police forces

“What happened in Minneapolis we all know was a tragedy,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said. “Never should have happened. Wrong as wrong could be, and his family deserves justice.”

“There is a big difference between peaceful protest and rioting,” Jordan continued. “There is a big difference between peaceful protests and violence. There is a big difference between peaceful protest and attacking police officers. And there is certainly a big difference between peaceful protest and forming CHAZ or CHOP or any type of autonomous zone.”

Jordan also noted that the resolution strongly opposed defunding the police, which comes at a time where crime rates have soared across the country in recent weeks.

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