Tracking the debate over ‘defund the police’ throughout 2021.
Republican Police Defunding
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace admitted during an interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) that it has been Republicans, not Democrats, who have defunded police. Wallace noted to Banks that no Republicans voted in support of the 2021 American Rescue Plan, which included $350 billion for state and local governments to prop up police dealing with fallout from COVID-19.
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