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Biden Shedding 'Defund Police' Label

WHITE HOUSE

President Biden has delivered remarks in NYC attacking perceptions that the Democrats are soft on gun violence.

  • Biden is actively trying to ditch the 'defund the police' label which has been a source of regular criticism from Republicans and ring-wing media.
  • Biden on the problem of increased gun violence in US cities: 'The answer is not to defund police. It is to supply police with sufficient resources to do their job.'
  • Biden: We're not about defunding. We're about funding'.
  • It is likely that a stronger position on crime is going to be a key policy pivot ahead of November's midterms.

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