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In reply to the discussion: Just saw Kamau Bell on CNN still defending the phrase "defund the police". [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(145,046 posts)I am amused that you admit that exit polling on this issue exists and that such polling show that defund the police hurt real Democrats and accounted for the reason why Democrats lost so many down ballot races that they should had won. You kept telling falsehoods about the polling on defund the police and I am glad that you have had to admit that your claims were false. The polling (both exit and other polling) clearly show that defund the police is a stupid slogan that hurt down ballot candidates in the real world.
I also enjoy the fact that you freely admit that you do not understand how campaigns work. I have been active in party politics for a long time and I have helped recruit candidates and worked on campaigns. I saw what happened in 2020 up close including having to watch a number of GOP ads using members of the Squad talking about Defund the Police. These ads were effective because they feature members of the squad who the GOP claimed that the official policy of the party was defund the police. You are still defending this ignorant policy despite the fact that the polling shows that it hurt down ballot candidates.
Again, your attacks on good and real Democrats who lost in 2020 due to ads featuring members of the Squad promoting defund the police is really disgusting and sad. Exit polls and other polling confirmed the fact that defund the police hurt down ballot Democrats and both President Obama and President Biden agree.
Why is it important to you to attack good Democrats who lost in 2002 due to the defund the police issue? Do you hate real Democrats who do not embrace unpopular and stupid ideas like defund the police? The squad can only win races in deeply blue districts and the stupid concepts that work in the deep blue districts that are represented by members of the squad are poison in the rest of the country.
To tie this back to the comments from James Carville, it is clear that dumb slogans like defund the police hurt in 2020
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