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Calls of "Defund the Police" from violence perpetuated by the RADICAL TRUMPLICANS. Now the feds are on Trump - and they call to defund the FBI. Why?

https://www.thebulwark.com/defund-the-fbi-the-maga-rights-hypocritical-new-slogan/
‘Defund the FBI’—the MAGA Right’s Hypocritical New Slogan


Two years ago, in congressional and state elections, Republican candidates accused Democrats of supporting proposals to “defund” or “abolish” police. Actually, although anti-police slogans were widespread on social media and among protesters, very few Democratic officeholders supported these ideas. But Republicans didn’t let those facts get in the way. They smeared the whole Democratic party as an agent of crime and chaos.

Monday’s FBI search of Mar-a-Lago—reportedly in pursuit of classified documents that former President Donald Trump may have illegally kept when he left office—has turned this issue upside down. Now that law enforcement has targeted Trump, conservatives are denouncing the FBI. Some want to defund the bureau; others are demanding its complete abolition. Here are some of the more egregious reversals.

1. Defunding is a gateway to abolition. In 2020, activists on the left wanted cities to shift some money from police budgets to social services. They argued that mental health counselors and other non-police workers could better handle situations previously assigned to cops. Conservatives accused the left of trying to abolish police altogether. Now some of the same conservatives are calling for abolition of the FBI.

Calls of "Defund the Police" from violence perpetuated by the RADICAL TRUMPLICANS. Now the feds are on Trump - and they call to defund the FBI. Why?
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