Joe Biden reportedly doesn’t want civil rights leaders to discuss defunding the police until after the Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs have concluded.
This, for fear that such rhetoric will scare off Georgia voters and prevent Democrats from controlling the U.S. Senate next year.
Friday’s New York Times reported that Biden said the following:
“I also don’t think we should get too far ahead of ourselves on dealing with police reform in that, because they’ve already labeled us as being ‘defund the police’…Anything we put forward in terms of the organizational structure to change policing — which I promise you, will occur. Promise you. Just think to yourself and give me advice whether we should do that before Jan. 5.”
As reported, U.S. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), are on the January 5, 2021 ballot for the U.S. Senate against Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively.
Perdue’s campaign, in a press release, said “Biden’s advice is too little too late for radical liberal Jon Ossoff, who has already said that funding for police departments needs to be ‘on the line.’”
“Georgians already know full well that Jon Ossoff would help his radical liberal supporters defund the police, and they won’t be fooled by Joe Biden’s feeble attempt conceal the far-left agenda the Democrats would pursue if they gained control of the Senate,” said Perdue campaign spokesman John Burke.
“No matter how hard they try to cover it up during the next 25 days, we will be holding the Ossoff-Biden Democrats accountable for their dangerous agenda to eliminate the police and will remind the people of Georgia that Senator Perdue is the only candidate in this race who will keep them safe.”
As The Georgia Star News reported Saturday, Republican National Committee member Steve Guest warned that Raphael is an anti-Semite.
As reported this week, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) held a virtual fundraiser for Warnock and Ossoff.
As The Star News reported Sunday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a socialist, endorsed Ossoff and Warnock to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate.
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
