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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki went out of her way to punctuate her ongoing debate with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy on the accusation that Republican lawmakers are the true defunders of the police. Doocy questioned Psaki about Associate Attorney General Vanita Guptas Senate testimony in July of 2020, in what he called an effort to clarify the administrations position on defunding the police.
Psaki responded by noting that Gupta made explicitly clear in her confirmation process that she opposes defunding the police, and also quoted from a Fox News report on the support Gupas nomination received from urrent and former police chiefs in more than 53 cities across the country, as well as the National Fraternal Order of Police. I dont know that that was your report or not, but it was certainly one from your network, Psaki said. It was not in Doocys report.
Psaki then said:
Ill also note, because youve asked this question before or a few times over the last several days that when we talk about individuals in Congress and their support for funding or opposition to funding for the police, I think what the American people are most focused on is how people vote, what their record is, which is a public record.
And I will note that while the President ran on and won the most votes of any candidate in history on a platform of boosting funding for law enforcement after Republicans spent decades trying to cut the COPS program which, again, is public record; we dont need to under- undervalue the intelligence of the American people the President ran on increasing that funding. Its in his budget.
In President Trumps budget, he significantly cut that.
And the American Rescue Plan had a great deal of funding for local and state authorities, something that can support funding for local police in communities across the country, and something many have used.
It doesnt require me telling you names of individuals who oppose the American Rescue Plan. Every Republican opposed the American Rescue Plan, and I dont have time to read out all their names today.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-jen-psaki-circles-back-with-foxs-pete-doocy-on-republicans-and-defunding-police/
ZonkerHarris
(24,223 posts)wcmagumba
(2,886 posts)...nothing against riding crops or girlfriends...
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)and keep coming back for more
Traildogbob
(8,731 posts)As per, Stormy?
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)PsakiPswirli
(71 posts)It's a daily routine anymore. Lovin' it.
onethatcares
(16,167 posts)Douchey?
Asking for a friend
rurallib
(62,411 posts)Certainly living down to all the low expectations for him.
dianaredwing
(406 posts)They are not news, as they have said; they are entertainment. He is therefore a reality actor, which is much lower on the acting scale than a soap opera actor.
PatSeg
(47,419 posts)We need more Democrats who can message the way she does.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)robleb
(162 posts)could be a freak show in the circus.
The turd doesn't fall far from the @sshole.
littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)The joke.
NNadir
(33,516 posts)crickets
(25,969 posts)I really wish she'd stay until after the midterms.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Ooooh.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)They slice and dice the response from the White House to make him look as if he caught the W.H. in a lie,
and "Oh what a good reporter is Doocy".