Ibram Kendi: "...We need evidence that progressives hurt down ballot democrats..." on MJ

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46. Yes, there is and it's wrong to claim without evidence

that President-Elect Biden spoke without knowing what he was talking about.

Both parties study and poll everything (BILLION-DOLLAR CAMPAIGNS, remember?), as do MANY honorable private organizations.

You got yourself into the position of casting doubt on what we all actually know is the case. Ball's in your court to establish that your statement was incorrect.

Or retract it.

The piss-poor option would be to take a powder off to some other thread and let stand an accusation that we all know amounts to a smear against Biden and his incoming administration. This is DU. The insinuation isn't the crime here.

“That’s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we’re talking about defunding the police. We’re not. We’re talking about holding them accountable. We’re talking about giving them money to do the right things. We’re talking about putting more psychologists and psychiatrists on the telephones when the 911 calls through. We’re talking about spending money to enable them to do their jobs better, not with more force, with less force and more understanding.” President-Elect Biden

“If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it's not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan, like ‘defund the police.’ But you know, you lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you're actually going to get the changes you want done.” President Obama

"'Defund the police' is killing our party, and we've got to stop it. John Lewis and I were very concerned when these slogans came out about 'defund the police.' We sat together on the House floor and talked about how that slogan... could undermine the BLM movement, just as 'burn, baby, burn' destroyed our movement back in the '60s." James Clyburn speaking for himself and John Lewis

“A lot of people in the progressive movement now are calling for defunding or abolishing the police. Do you —” to which Sanders responded, “Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments.”
Bernie Sanders

"That orientation toward reforms is precisely why he should publicly embrace the demand to defund the police." Nina Turner criticizing Bernie Sanders for refusing to use the term "defund the police."

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