Bernie Sanders Reacts To ‘Squad’ Member’s Call To Get Rid of Policing
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is weighing in on a member of the so-called “Squad’s” call to do away with policing. Asked about Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) comments on policing and if he agrees with her, Sanders…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is weighing in on a member of the so-called “Squad’s” call to do away with policing.
Asked about Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) comments on policing and if he agrees with her, Sanders responded to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday evening by asking, “I’m sorry, who said that,” before adding after clarification, “No, I don’t.”
“I think that what we need to do is to understand that there needs to be major, major police reform all across this country,” Sanders said. “We are tired of seeing the same thing, week after week and year after year. We do not want to see innocent African Americans shot in cold blood.”
Watch his interview below:
Responding to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, by a police officer in Minnesota over the weekend, Tlaib tweeted on Monday, “It wasn’t an accident. Policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist. Daunte Wright was met with aggression violence. I am done with those who condone government funded murder.”
She added, “No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can’t be reformed.”
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) appeared to push back on Tlaib’s comments when he was asked about them during a CNN interview on Tuesday. He was also responding to Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s