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Obama Rips Democrats For ‘Defund The Police’ Push And Giving AOC Short Shrift At DNC

"I guess you can use a snappy slogan"

Joseph Curl
Obama Rips Democrats For ‘Defund The Police’ Push And Giving AOC Short Shrift At DNC
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Former President Barack Obama says Democrats lost votes in the November elections because some in the party voiced support for “defund the police” movements that spread across cities amid racial strife.

In an interview released on Wednesday with Vanity Fair contributor Peter Hamby for his podcast “Good Luck America,” Hamby asked, “If you’re a young activist today and you believe really passionately in a slogan, like Defund the Police, what is your advice to that activist? Knowing that a lot of politicians won’t go near that phrase, even if the nuts and bolts of the idea might be popular.”

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