Mediaite reports:
Republicans often campaign on their commitment to supporting law enforcement, but during a press conference on Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declared that he will push for cuts to several federal law enforcement agencies. He lamented crime rates — even though crime rates are down — seconds before announcing that he’d push for cuts to agencies that exist to fight crime and enforce laws, claiming that they have “overreached” and even “turned, in some ways, against the American people.”
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Mike Johnson says he wants to defund the police on behalf of Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/xWDtZW0Mav
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Wow Mike Johnson wants to defund the police and take away resources from law enforcement agencies that go after child traffickers. https://t.co/uHoZNBMB8I
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