Too many (perhaps not you) are making the mistake of assuming that progressive politicians and activists are one in the same. It was black women on the ground and brothers who started saying defund. No one ran on that. No one defended the slogan but Cory Bush who unsurprisingly was one of those black women activists. They talked about the underlying rationale. I never saw this much smoke for Abolish ICE.What’s worse is they defend the bad messaging because there is good policy behind it and you, stupid America, need to do more research.
Um, ok, good luck with that.
What did you want them to say? “We ain’t defunding shyt get the fukk outta my face?” The media picked up the people on the streets saying it and the people at town halls. It had nothing to do progressive politicians. Once they entered the public consciousness you were always going to get asked about it. Defund the Police was meant to be snarky since schools and other programs are underfunded. I doubt they thought it would reach this point.
