Democrats Grapple with ‘Defund the Police’

Playbook: “Most elected Democrats will get asked over the next few days and weeks whether they support defunding the police. It will prove to be a tricky question for some: either get crosswise with middle-of-the-road voters, who probably — just a gut feeling! — won’t support taking away money from police, or get on the wrong side of the base.”

“Either way, Republicans, who are fighting to keep their Senate majority and win back the House, will hang the defund movement around Democrats’ necks. Part of their strategy is to paint all elected Dems as extreme.”

Said NRCC spokesman Chris Pack: “House Democrats have gone so extreme with their ‘abolish culture’ that they’re one step away from wanting to outlaw fire departments. This is insanity and not what Democrats ran on two years ago.”