Pelosi Rejects ‘Defund the Police’ Slogan Amid Push From Rep. Cori Bush
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is not speaking for the Democratic Party amid her push to use the “defund the police” slogan. During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” host George…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is not speaking for the Democratic Party amid her push to use the “defund the police” slogan.
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi how Democrats should address rising crime.
She responded, “With all due respect in the world for Cori Bush, that’s not the position of the Democratic party.”
Pelosi continued, “Community safety, protect and defend in every way, is our oath of office.”
The House speaker mentioned a quote from Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), saying, “Defund the police is dead.”
She explained, “That causes a concern with a few in our caucus but public safety is our responsibility and I support what Karen Bass is doing and Mayor Adams of New York.”
Watch her comments below:
Last week, Bush renewed her push for defunding the police, as IJR reported.
“I always tell , ‘If you all had fixed this before I got here, I wouldn’t have to say these things,'” Bush told Axios.
She added, “Defund the police’ is not the problem.”
Bush argued, “We dangled the carrot in front of people’s faces and said we can get it done and that Democrats deliver, when we haven’t totally delivered.”