Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today at a time that you and I have heard the Democrats' latest rallying cry. Astonishingly, the rallying cry is: Defund the police. Defund the police. That is what I am hearing from Democrats all across America. This comes on the heels of a previous battle cry: Abolish ICE. That is what the Democrats are calling for today. Leading Democrats--radical leftwing lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez--are pushing these very dangerous ideas. Let me say it again. Liberal Democrats all across the country are asking all of us to defund law enforcement in America. If we did that--if we did that--crime would go through the roof, school safety would cease to exist, and the most vulnerable in our society would have no one to turn to or call in case of an emergency. Yet Democratic mayors across the country seem to be on board. Last week, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles said that he plans to slash the LA Police Department's budget. New York City Mayor de Blasio has vowed to cut funding for the New York Police Department. The Minneapolis City Council announced Sunday that it would vote to disband--disband--the city's police department and said they had a veto-proof majority. House Democrats have now just released a new bill that supposedly seeks police reform. This is from a party that just last month pushed a trillion dollar--the total bill was $3 trillion for the Heroes fund to support the police.…”