One note about the Florida focus group: Val Demings NEVER supported defunding the police... but because she expressed support for black lives in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, she, a former police chief, is now tagged with "defund the police". This just proves how damaging "defund the police" was for the Democrats. Also, Biden should have made her the VP - that would have insulated the Democrats from being tarred as defunders of police (in part, by forcing them to talk more about crime) and it would give her a national profile while taking her out of "hostile" territory. In any case, she would have been better than Kamala Harris.
One note about the Florida focus group: Val Demings NEVER supported defunding the police... but because she expressed support for black lives in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, she, a former police chief, is now tagged with "defund the police". This just proves how damaging "defund the police" was for the Democrats. Also, Biden should have made her the VP - that would have insulated the Democrats from being tarred as defunders of police (in part, by forcing them to talk more about crime) and it would give her a national profile while taking her out of "hostile" territory. In any case, she would have been better than Kamala Harris.
Completely agree.