As anti-police rioters call for defunding the police, House Democrats are no longer interested in putting money for police programs in the latest coronavirus relief bill.
The most recent version of the $2.2 trillion HEROES Act does not include $600 million for police programs that were in earlier versions of the mammoth legislation, according to Fox News.
"House Democrats have fully embraced the radical left's movement to defund the police," Scalise said in a statement to Fox.
"Democrats' so-called 'Heroes Act' removes $600 million from a previous version of the bill that was intended for real heroes: state and local law enforcement."
During a House Rules Committee hearing, Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey of New York conceded the bill does not add funding but said that "[in] no way does that mean defunding the police.
Republican Rep. Rob Woodall of Georgia argued police officers mattered to Democrats in the spring, but not after a summer of anti-police protests.
"Their so-called sequel to the HEROES Act has decided that cops are not heroes after all. House Democrats couldn't miss a chance to 'defund the police,'" he added.
https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-new-covid-bill-removes-police-funding-drawing-gop-outrage/
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