MSNBC PoliticsNation June 4, 2024 23:20:00
Not only does president biden oppose initiatives to defund police, championed by some reform activists, he actually wants to increase funding for police. president biden proposed that some covid-19 relief money get funded into police budgets, an initiative many republicans opposed. so let's dive into the other half of the republican lie. fearmongering about rising crime rates, because while it is true that violent crime rates rose in 2020 and appear to be on an upward trajectory so far in 2021, you can see by looking at this chart of the fbi data that violent crime is still close to its lowest...