Democrats have only themselves to blame if they lose to "defund the police"

[George II]

186. You do understand that turnout for Presidential elections is higher than midterms, right?

Yes, she got more votes in 2020 than Clay got in 2018, but he won by a higher percentage.

Clay won by 3.6% more in 2018 than she did in 2020, that's not being on par, that's 3.6% lower.

Defund the police was NOT an issue of contention in the 2020 primary - Lacy Clay had already called for reforming the police and was one of the co-sponsors of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the precursor to this year's bill. So there goes that argument.

I already explained some of the factors contributing to why she won in 2020 vs. lost in 2018. Some of the same factors that resulted in Jamaal Bowman defeating Eliot Engel. You can look up the "campaign strategy" they used along with that of Justice Democrats. No sense airing it all here.

But as noted above, defund the police was NOT one of them - on that issue they agreed.