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Maeve

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3. Two sources
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 06:01 PM
Aug 2020
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/28/fact-checking-donald-trumps-2020-rnc-speech/#attacks
Amid discussions of defunding the police, this claim is missing context. Biden has said he would redirect some social-services responsibilities away from police departments and roll back investments in military gear, but he also wants to increase federal funding for community policing.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trumps-false-recurring-claim-about-bidens-stance-on-police/
The Trump campaign has spent at least $20 million in July on advertising promoting the false and repeatedly debunked claim that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden favors defunding the police.

Biden has said he doesn’t support that. “While I do not believe federal dollars should go to police departments violating people’s rights or turning to violence as the first resort, I do not support defunding police,” the former vice president said in a June 10 op-ed.

A campaign spokesman also told us Biden supports more funding for police for initiatives to strengthen community relationships and for body-worn cameras.
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