you had said not too long ago that this defund the police movement by democrats is a nonstarter and now with the election or in new york, the democratic nominee for new york may be given the presence in new york, the next mayor, he isn t keen on that, he was elected or nominated on that. are you telling democrats who say otherwise that it s a mistake, they should stop it? well, i ve always said the slogan there is a mistake. making for head lines. you have to ask yourself will this allow me to make headway? is that what we have to do? burn baby burn destroyed our movement back in the 60s. i don t want to see defund the police destroy the movement that s going great for black lives matter to date. this kind of slogan can destroy
harris: jim clyburn concerned about woke far left messaging. burn baby burn, that destroyed our movement back in the 60s. i don t want to see defund the police i m telling you. this kind of slogan can destroy these kinds of movements. that s what i don t want to see happen. harris: a destroyed movement. congressional and senate republicans raking in record amount of cash for outpacing democrats in the mid-terms. ronna mcdaniel is in focus now. this is interesting. i ve sat with the whip clyburn, congressman clyburn and he speaks his mind. if he is worried, what should democrats be watching right now? i think they re right but it is not just defund the police. not just taking away funds.
are you telling democrats that say otherwise that it s a mistake, they should stop it? well, i ve always said the logan is a mistake. may get headlines. but you have to ask yourself, will this allow me to make head way? burn baby, burn destroyed our movement in the 60s. i don t want to see defund the police destroy the movement that is going great, the black lives matter. i m telling you, this type of slogan can destroy these kinds of movements. that s not what i want to see happen. neil: all right. we ll watch it closely. jim clyburn, very good catching up with you. jim clyburn will be playing a major role should this get to the level of federal legislation. 50 votes and kamala harris breaking the tie, the on means
things like burn baby burn in 1960s and defund the police which i think is cutting the throats of the party, i know exactly where my constituents are. they are against that and i am against that. jen psaki is doubling down on claims that republicans want to defund the police. are there any examples of republican members of congress wanting to defund the police? if you oppose funding for the cops, something that was dramatically cut by the prior administration and many republicans supported and then vote against the bill that has funding for the cops program we can let other people evaluate what that means. their actions speak for themselves. reporter: that at the white house s perspective but jen psaki was not able to name any republican members of congress who say they want to defund the police. jillian: this next story continues i don t know what is at the center of it. there are people on our network who said the same thing. the only one with this opinion. during this inte
if you look at the party, the people that are saying defund, defund, aoc, presley. number 3 democrat on the hill and he says this, what i try to do is demonstrate by precept and example how we are to proceed as a party. when i spoke out against burn baby burn in the 60 s and defund the police which is cutting the throats to have party, i know exactly where my constituents are. they are against that and i m against that. brian: they asked him too, the reason for talking to them is that he endorsed for martha fudge s seat, moderate democrat, and that led to this conversation because the wild left wing is hurting their party. on average the party in power in midterm elections loses 23 seats in the house. they only have a 4-5 seat advantage. they know they are in trouble. this is helping lead them down