After Obama noted in an interview that slogans like “defund the police” don’t exactly help Democrats appeal to most Americans, members of the progressive congressional “Squad,” including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), criticized the former president.
“We lose people in the hands of police. It’s not a slogan but a policy demand,” Omar tweeted in response to Obama. “And centering the demand for equitable investments and budgets for communities across the country gets us progress and safety.”
“If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it’s not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan, like Defund the Police, but, you know, you lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done,” Obama said.
Obama’s criticism of the slogan was not well received by the activist left.
“With all due respect, Mr. President—let’s talk about losing people. We lost Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor. We’re losing our loved ones to police violence,” said Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, a Black Lives Matter activist who won a House seat in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in November. “It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police.”
Democrats are still reeling from a crushing performance in the 2020 congressional elections.
Fkkk the SQUAD !!! They Don’t matter in this country !!! LOL LOL
Obaaaama Don’t Matter either , or Hillary or Pelosi , the squad ,
Schumer, Schiff ,Nadler , or ANY Democrat Traitors in America !!!!
Biden can use the squad in his WH as Interns !!!