deliberative body that want to defund police, to my horror. now this senator has given us the gift that once and for all we can put to bed this scurrilous accusations. somebody in this great esteemed body would want to defund the police. so let s all of us, 100 people, not walk but sashay down there and vote for this amendment and put to rest the lies i am sure i will see no political ads attacking everybody here over defund the police. i would ask unanimous consent to add something else to this obvious bill. can we add also that every senator here wants to defund the police, believes in god, country and apple pie. thank you. that was a jedi mind trick. that was great. passed 99-0. every democrat in the senate voted for it. now it is officially on the record against defunding the police. thanks to tommy the upperville.
work. i don t know if you ve had any back issues but it s not fun. you have to check out what happened on the senate floor. this is senator corey booker s response to the amendment against defunding the police. watch this. i call on my colleagues to support our law enforcement by voting yes for this amendment, opposing my amendment is a vote in support of defunding the police, and against the men and women in blue. the gentleman s time has expired. madam president! from new jersey. i am so excited. this is perhaps the highlight of this long and painful and torturous night. this is a gift. if wasn t complete abdication of senate procedures and esteem, i would walk over there and hug my colleague from alabama. and i will tell you right now. thank god. there are some people who have said they re members of this
that was a nice pivot. i think that senator booker, his tongue was firmly in his cheek there as he delivered that oration. but listen, this has been, and ron has written about it. we ve all talked and written about it. this has been an ongoing meme of the republican party. that democrats wants to defund police. and he is probably right. i don t think there is a senator on the floor of that united states senate who has said that. or who believes that. but look, they think they have an issue. the republicans think they have a winning issue because we have a crime issue. i m sitting in the city of chicago. we have a horrific weekend in the city of crime and violence and death, including the death of a young police officer. so this is on people s minds. and they want to exploit it. this is american politics right now. everybody is of a mind to weaponize issues, and we really
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