Lots of dumb flowing out of the “Defund the Police” cheerleaders on the Minneapolis City Council as a crime surge is making that city unlivable. My favorite backtrack? One councilmember actually said, “I think that it’s important to name that dismantle does not mean dismantle into nothing, it means dismantling what we currently have to build something new…”

Ok, sure. Right now, it’s dismantling into a new crime wave.

Via Fox News.

Two Minneapolis City Council Members are denying their involvement with the “defund the police” movement just days after the council approved a budget that shifted approximately $8 million from the police department and months after they joined colleagues in calling for the dismantlement of the Minnesota city’s department…

Fletcher and Cunningham were two of the nine city council members who attended an event in June where they stood behind a sign that stated “defund police” and said they would dismantle the police department, just weeks after the May 25 death of George Floyd, according to the report.

“I think that it’s important to name that dismantle does not mean dismantle into nothing, it means dismantling what we currently have to build something new,” Cunningham told the station…

Last week, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and mental health programs. The policing budget was originally approximately $179 million…

Violent crimes have surged in the city, with 5,237 violent crimes reported so far this year compared to the 4,169 logged during the same period in 2019, statistics show. There have been 78 people murdered year-to-date, compared to the 45 murders last year.

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  1. LSJohn says:

    You’ve been challenging Tucker for best rant, you challenge the whole Fox staff for best brains, and tonight you’re challenging Martha McCallum for best dressed. Take it easy… you make us swoon.

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