Democrats are lucky that the media has helped them land on “Defund the Police” as the slogan of the hour of the Left. During the George Floyd protests, there were many, many signs reading, “Abolish the Police.” Kind of like how Democrats want to abolish the Electoral College, ICE, prisons, cash bail, private health insurance, the Senate, and so on; so it’s funny that “abolish” has been softened quickly into the equally radical “defund” in this particular case, probably because “abolish” isn’t polling well.
Here’s Vox just today writing about the move to abolish the police:
“Abolish the police” isn’t just a policy proposal.
It’s also a narrative for how the country could be. https://t.co/1U0gUBFlPU
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 8, 2020
The media is doing its best to right the ship for the Democrats after people like Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted that Minneapolis should disband the police department; as Twitchy just reported, PBS News’ Yamiche Alcindor tweeted “SOME NEEDED CONTEXT” and explained that it doesn’t always mean people want to dismantle police departments.
Al Sharpton also decided to jump in with some important context on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to explain that “Defund the Police” is open to misinterpretation.
“The slogan may be misleading without interpretation,” Rev. Al says on @Morning_Joe of “Defund the Police”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 8, 2020
Oh
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 8, 2020
Oh, this is gonna get good. ?
— Sandy Parker (@RHWOOBsandy) June 8, 2020
— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) June 8, 2020
Especially since Minneapolis is on the verge of doing that very thing.
— Ken Cobb (@bemidjipatriot) June 8, 2020
— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) June 8, 2020
That’s an understatement.
— Nacho (@sabema11) June 8, 2020
Politics 101: When you're explaining, you're losing. https://t.co/YFS0W1BkY2
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 8, 2020
Biden isn't losing.
— @ijbailey (@ijbailey) June 8, 2020
Democrats who support the issue of defunding the police are.
That’s why Biden (smartly) rejected it in a statement earlier today.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 8, 2020
This is hilarious. A slogan that doesn’t say what it means.
— J.Guerra (@JonGuerra13) June 8, 2020
When Rev Al is making the point, they’re losing.
— BEN SUNDERLIN (@SunderlinBen) June 8, 2020
Especially when your explanation tries to claim it doesn't mean what the words clearly say.
— John McGrath (@hjmcgrath1) June 8, 2020
Defund the Police should be a winning slogan for the Democrats pic.twitter.com/1HNnisyaRd
— Roman Catholic (@HolyIsGodsName) June 8, 2020
A different slogan is needed and should start being used as soon as possible. The slogan “defund the police” will be used to do damage to the movement and to Dems.
— L H Field (@fields_hl) June 8, 2020
The Republicans are going to kill on this one, it must be changed before it's too late.
— Lostintime (@blue_jay1) June 8, 2020
Joe Biden’s already looking nervous. Who wants to explain to the Black Lives Matter protesters that they’re the ones who started the “Defund the Police” movement, so what’s to explain or interpret? It’s their slogan.
It's like PETA's braintrust has taken over BLM.
"Hmmmm, how can we repel more people from our cause…"
— Michael D. Smith (@usncalhoya) June 8, 2020
If you have a slogan make sure it doesn’t need interpreting.
— Frank Sylvester (@fas1242) June 8, 2020
We’ll see if the media and the DNC can team up to explain what defunding the police actually means. And maybe they could be a little bit more specific in their calls to “reimagine” community policing.
Related:
‘This is advocacy PR’: Completely objective NPR reporter Yamiche Alcindor helps the Left spin what ‘defund the police’ REALLY means https://t.co/G4bhVpSW0S
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 8, 2020
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