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Oakland, California Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus” that the Democrat-led city council voting to remove $18.5 million from a proposed increase to the Oakland Police Department is “inconsistent” with citizens telling him

An exclusive video obtained by Breitbart News shows vulnerable Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR) saying he does not believe there is still an effort to defund the police — not only in Portland but across the country — after the Democrats have made numerous attempts to do so.

Democrat Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has endorsed Shontel Brown in an Ohio congressional race instead of defunding-police candidate Nina Turner, who previously worked for and is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Democrats trying to frame the so-called defund the police effort as a Republican push.

While leftists have made “defunding the police” their rallying cry, less than one in five voters think America should spend less on police.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio approved shifting $1 billion away from the New York City Police Department last summer.

Biden did not run on increasing funding for police. He ran on “redirecting” funding, while Trump ran on increasing funding.

Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong slammed the city council on Monday after it decided last week to “redirect” $18 million from the police budget to other priorities in the midst of a crime wave and a spike in murders.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) will introduce a bill to replace police officers with “community-led first responders” as crime surges across the nation.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) requested additional police protection at his New York home in January while demanding police departments be defunded in America.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) doubled down on defunding police this week, asserting the crime surge is just “hysteria” and that making “responsible decisions about what [funds] to allocate” away from police departments is “important.”

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a contentious interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” over a vote against the Democrats emergency coronavirus relief bill that included police funds.

During his Saturday night rally in Wellington, Ohio, former President Donald Trump reminded attendees of his warning that Biden and the Democrats would try to take away their guns.

Police retirements and resignations rose significantly over the course of the last year amid the widespread riots and coinciding calls to defund the police, according to a survey of about 200 police departments nationwide.

Former Vice President Mike Pence invoked former President Trump’s America First agenda and warned on Thursday the Democrat Party’s agenda is “so radical that it is taking us ‘beyond’ the designs of liberalism,” adding that the Republican Party stands as the “last line of defense for our Constitution and our American heritage of freedom.

A New York Times op-ed published on Tuesday warned that a surge in crime in Democrat-run cities, in large part due to defunding police campaigns

Sen. Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the crime wave taking place across the U.S. is the “inevitable consequence” of Democrat policies.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) said we need “a radical reimagining of community safety and public safety, which means reallocating and not further investing in a carceral state,” especially since qualified immunity for

Topics listed included: “How you can avoid calling the cops,” “In defense of looting,” and “Why riots work” — to name a few.

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that the Democratic Party had never taken the position that the police should be defunded.

Former police officer and leading Democrat New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams finished his campaign Tuesday night in the lead over “defund the police” candidates by running on supporting police amid a 30 percent surge in city violence.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposed on Wednesday to hire 100,000 police officers to combat the rising spike in violence under President Joe Biden’s administration. 

A group of clergy members in Ohio recently called on citizens to join them for a day of prayer and appreciation for their local police and sheriff’s department.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Stephanie Ruhle Reports,” Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo stated that defunding the police “will not impact affluent neighborhoods, affluent communities” but means “less safety” for the communities who need the police the most, which are

Appearing Monday on NBC Nightly News, Portland Police Association Executive Director Daryl Turner warned officer morale is “as bad as it’s ever been” as the Democrat-run city experiences a sharp rise in violent crime.

With voting in the primaries set for Tuesday morning, New York City Republican mayoral candidate Fernando Mateo spoke with Breitbart News about his plans to restore safety and jobs to the Big Apple, confident of an upcoming victory against the Democrats’ longtime control over America’s largest city.

“His decision to defund under pressure from liberals, will singlehandedly make Missouri less safe and embolden criminals,” he wrote.

Appearing on FOX Business’s “Mornings with Maria,” former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis predicted an increase in violence will occur during the summer as crime rises in major cities across the United States. 

Members of the Mohave Sunrise Rotary Club of Bullhead City, Arizona, hosted a parade recently to show support for local police, firefighters, and first responders.

The former police chief said the “poor wording” of the Second Amendment Preservation Act could have “unintended consequences.”

Scandal-ridden Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ) has claimed that “police officers should be honored, supported, and funded … regardless of politics,” but the Democrat went behind the back of law enforcement to take tens-of-thousands of dollars from and has been endorsed by multiple groups that want to “defund the police.”

An extreme activist group in Albemarle County, Virginia, requested a “call to action” targeting citizens who spoke against Critical Race Theory (CRT) at a County school board meeting, telling its supporters to confront them and labeling the individuals “dangerous to our children.”

At least 77 percent of Black Democratic primary voters in New York City want more uniformed police in the subways, according NBC/Telemundo 47/POLITICO/Marist Poll.

Brexit leader Nigel Leader has had harsh words for England’s national football (soccer) team taking the knee for the Black Lives Matter movement during the belated UEFA European Football Championship 2020.

A manhunt is underway in Austin, Texas, for a gunman suspected of shooting 13 people on the city’s infamous 6th Street early Saturday morning. The shooting comes amid defunding police actions by the city council and an uptick in violent crime.

The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee has awarded a grant to a group of activists who have the abolition of the Los Angeles School Police Department as one of their goals.