A small group of progressives known as the “squad” came close to sinking the House Democrats’ Capitol security spending bill on Thursday over concerns about Capitol Police accountability.
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Some liberals were questioning if a double standard was at play between police handling of Black Lives Matter protests and when the pro-Trump mob, some of whom carried Confederate flags, stormed the Capitol. We cannot support this increased funding while many of our communities continue to face police brutality while marching in the streets, and while questions about the disparate response between insurrectionists and those protesting in defense of Black lives go unanswered, Bush, Omar and Pressley said in a joint statement.
The impasse sparked frustration among other Democrats, who were agitated that the bill s critics waited until the floor vote to air their grievances. That kind of gotcha thing does not help, one liberal Democrat said.
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