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Kamala Harris

FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris Speaks in Support of 'Defund The Police' During 2020 Interview [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.26.24

They’re trying to rebrand Kamala — don’t fall for it…

Back in 2020, then-Senator Kamala Harris spoke with the “Ebro in the Morning!” radio program on New York City-based HOT 97 and declared her support for defunding the nation’s police departments; “This whole movement is about rightly saying we need to take a look at these budgets and figure out whether it reflects the right priorities,” Harris said.

“Defund the police, the issue behind it is that we need to reimagine how we are creating safety. And when you have many cities that have one third of their entire city budget focused on policing, we know that is not the smart way and the best way or the right way to achieve safety,” Harris began by saying on the June 9, 2020, radio show.

“For too long, the status quo thinking has been, you get more safety by putting more cops on the street. Well, that’s wrong. Because by the way, if you want to look at upper-middle-class suburban neighborhoods, they don’t have that patrol car. They don’t have those police walking those streets. But what they do have? They have well-funded schools. What they do have is homeownership, high homeownership rates. What they do have are thriving small businesses. What they do have is access to public health and mental health services,” Harris said during the show.

“So, this whole movement is about rightly saying we need to take a look at these budgets and figure out whether it reflects the right priorities. When, today in America, two-thirds of our public school teachers are coming out of their own back pocket to help pay for school supplies when we have, for generations now, been defunding public schools but yet militarizing police departments, we need to have this conversation. And critically examine and understand that this is not working. It’s not working,” she continued.

Watch the clip below: