“If you were to become president, do you think that there would be a world where defunding the police would be the solution and getting some of these responsibilities away from police forces — police in schools, police handling mental illness, police handling homelessness, etc.?”, who is on the record saying he doesn’t support defunding police, replied, “Well, I think there are a lot of changes that can take place period, without having to defund police completely.
” He went on to note that his daughter is a social worker and said as an example: “The idea that she is gonna respond by herself to a 911 call that says that someone is overdosing or someone has a mental problem and is acting out, the idea of going by themselves is not rational respect. Conversely, cops shouldn’t go alone, cops should go with — “We should change the way in which we deal with all drug abuse,” he said.
Joe should keep that as his campaign slogan.
It’s disappointing to see joebiden be so out of touch with the people he needs to show up for him in November.