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House Republicans vote to defund DC police (51st.news)

submitted 5 days ago by arotrios@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26705057

Per the original poster, @rational_lib:

Basically, house Republicans voted to defund DC police because even though it's not federal money, they fact that that have the power to pass laws affecting DC means that they can claim these as "cuts". Again, defunding the DC police doesn't help the federal government save a dime. But it's technically a budget cut, just not the budget cut they're supposed to working on. Yes, it's that silly.

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[–] cnirrad@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait. I thought that defunding the police was what the radical leftists wanted. Did the GOP go so far right that they looped around to the other side?

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

it's about punishing DC, not cops.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago

Who gives a shit?