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York are actually down. so far this year. by the way, the right wing talking point linking budget cuts to crime lines is an old one, but not one that is backed up by facts, as the new york times points out for decades, they acknowledged local crime rates cannot be predicted by officer strength, and police budgets. in the longer term, many mention access to drug treatment, mental health care and even a guaranteed basic income of also been found to reduce crime. perhaps, with fewer downsides than policing. clearly, this is a more complex issue than the fox news spark notes portray. joining me to discuss this and more, philadelphia district attorney, have become a progressive icon for its approach to criminal justice reform and prosecution. thank you so much, larry, so good to see you. i appreciate your time. i want to play some recent sound for you, from new york mayor eric adams on crime in this city, watch this. we need, as i stated, a non 11 type response to address the ....
He said he was unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house and what a progressive icon senator sanders is not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what do we think is going to happen tonight? it is significant, rachel. senator sanders says this is an absurd way to do business, a direct quote from him. that they are trying to negotiate a multi trillion dollars bill in one night to have a vote on the infrastructure bill. he does in the believe that bill should go forward to a vote today and if it comes to a vote he is urging his colleagues to vote no. that is significant because a lot of house progressives look up to him and respect him and that is significant. not what happens tonight is highly unclear. officially the house of representatives is saying no votes until 10:00 p.m. but there is still expectation they will pass the infrastructure ....
Events even since i ve just been talking. tonight senator bernie sanders came out of a meeting in chuck schumer s office, told reporters he is urging the house to vote no on the roads and bridges bill tonight, vote no on the infrastructure bill tonight if there is a vote. he said he was unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house and what a progressive icon senator sanders is not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what do we think is going to happen tonight? it is significant, rachel. senator sanders says this is an absurd way to do business. that was a direct quote from him. they re trying to negotiate a multi-trillion-dollar bill in one night to have a vote on the infrastructure bill. he does not believe that bill should go forward to a vote ....
Out of a meeting in chuck schumer s office and told reporters that he is urging the house to vote no, on the roads and bridges bill tonight. vote no on the infrastructure bill tonight if there is a vote. he said he is unhappy about these late night closed door talks. that seems significant given what a driving force the progressives have been in the house, i want a progressive icon senator sanders is, not only in the country but to progressive democrats on capitol hill. is that significant? what do we think is going to happen? it is significant rachel. senator sanders says that this is an absurd way to do business that was a direct quote from him, that they are trying to negotiate a multi trillion dollar deal in one night so they can have a vote on the infrastructure bill. he does not believe that that bill should go forward to a vote today. and if it comes to a vote, he s urging his colleagues to vote no. now that is significant because there are a lot of house progressives that loo ....
Defund the police in what he calls sloganing as the reason he was endorsing chantel brown and not nina turner. nina is a progressive icon to folks on the left, one of bernie sanders senior most advisers, she said to me, look, i don t run on defund the police. i have family members who served in law enforcement throughout my life. i have a more nuanced take on police reform and yet folks like clyburn are taking the range out on the progressive movement against those trying to get a seat in congress. so we re seeing the dynamics wbr-id= wbr48440 /> unfold for the folks that are progressive icons and vocal progressives but having to walk this weird tight rope, balance as democrats are trying, and some say failing, to figure out their message on police reform. ....