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Mike Rogers stated on September 23, 2026 in an X post:

"Abdul El-Sayed supports defunding the police and emptying prisons.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 28, 2026

Dave McCormick stated on October 15, 2024 in a debate:

Sen. Bob Casey "has voted in lockstep with his liberal party to defund the police."

By Caleb McCullough • October 28, 2024

Kari Lake stated on October 23, 2024 in a press conference:

"Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • October 25, 2024

Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”

By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024

Cavalier Johnson stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”

By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.

By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2024

Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."

By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023

Republican Party of Florida stated on August 24, 2022 in a campaign ad:

Charlie Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."

By Yacob Reyes • August 26, 2022

Republican Governors Association stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:

"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."

By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on July 18, 2022 in a blog.:

“Abigail Spanberger is raking in thousands from defund the police groups because she supports defunding the police.”

By Warren Fiske • August 1, 2022

Zach Nunn stated on July 10, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart:

“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”

By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022

Tim Ryan stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad:

J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement."

By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2022

Rebecca Kleefisch stated on April 30, 2022 in Public statement:

Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”

By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022

Pennsylvania Conservative Fund stated on April 21, 2022 in an ad:

Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2022

TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video:

"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."

By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021

India Walton stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:

Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021

Bobby Scott stated on July 12, 2021 in a tweet.:

“Every Republican in Congress voted to defund the police when they voted against the American Rescue Plan.”

By Warren Fiske • July 22, 2021

Chip Roy stated on June 3, 2021 in an interview:

Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.”

By Brandon Mulder • June 11, 2021

Uniting Missouri PAC stated on September 2, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Nicole Galloway's campaign “is being bankrolled by the same extremists who want to defund our police."

By William Skipworth • October 14, 2020

Mike Pence stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook ad:

As vice president, Kamala Harris would “defund, dismantle, and dissolve police departments.”

By Daniel Funke • October 8, 2020

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