At the time, it could have been seen as a backtrack, a moment where Joe Biden spits in the faces of the progressive cohorts he desperately needed to win the 2020 election. During the first debate, he voiced his opposition to defunding the police. It was drowned out by then-President Trump’s overly aggressive attacking, so it fell by the wayside. Biden did walk a waffled line on defunding the police in 2020 but now firmly says he’s against it. Progressives might be shocked. They shouldn’t be. Yet, I forgot something; Biden is a swamp creature. He’ll find a way to repay his debts, and on defunding the police, he’s doing that through his nominees. No one really pays attention to civil rights division nominees for the Department of Justice or even those tapped to be associate attorney general, but this is where he’s trying to make good on this progressive action item. It’s a covert war indeed.-- More...
