this is what ben wicker sai what wisconsin it s not just democrats sendin a powerful message about the post trump era, ben wicker chair the senate in an interview when, states thrones don t have message, is this crime, crime, crime. here s what i find fascinating about the cycle. parties should be relatively self correcting. you know, general sort o political science theory you go for the median voter. democrats are great example, right. george floyd protest, huge discussion of police brutality and accountability a huge 2024 eco by many in the democratic party that th messaging on defund the police for, instance had been massively costly never say this phrase again. all this internal debate, right, about did we lose voters on, that how do we get back, wherever you land substantivel on that. an internal debate on that i just don t see them learning any lessons on either side but we ll, know, it s because, and look. chris, because it looks like a call more than a political
it s okay, pick up your arms, we storm the capital, stormed a government building, it s okay to threaten public servants. the normalization of the attitude is extremely dangerous to us. and i would add that no one is the same empathy for people who were peacefully protesting during the george floyd protest in 2020. kara, i love your reaction to this because i am gobsmacked. i shouldn t be surprised in a part of me is not surprised, but wow. yeah i am with you on that because every time i hear this it makes my stomach turn over. stop lionizes people. he goes and he claims, oh, their fireman, their police, their military. maybe they were in their past lives, but in that moment, in that day, and right now, they are treacherous criminals who engaged in an attempted an insurrectionist coup of a free
department to give the mission what it deserves under police presence. all year long. i have been told time and time and time again, there are no officers that we can send to mission. it hurts. i feel betrayed by the department. i feel betrayed by the mayor. i feel betrayed by the priorities of the city. todd: but just three years ago, democrat supervisor hillary sang a different tune following the george floyd protest in 2020. i want to make it clear i believe strongly in defunding the police and reducing the number of officers on our force. in the same twitter thread, they attacked the mayor for not proposing significant cuts to san francisco s police budget and reduction in number of officers. you can t make this up. in the meantime san francisco police numbers into claimant
i ve been begging this department to give mission what it deserves all year long and been told time and time and time and time again there are no officers that we can send to mission, it hurts and i feel betrayed by the department and mayor. i feel betrayed by the priorities of this city. todd: okay, you heard that, just three years ago, hillary rothen, sang a different tune following george floyd protest, she tweeted, i want to make it clear, i believe strongly in defunding police and reducing number of officers on our source. same thread, ronen attacked the mayor about the police budget and reduction in the number of officers. san francisco police numbers on the decline year over year as