The quote from Mandela Barnes "on the campaign trail" was from a 2020 interview, a full year before he entered the senate race. Like many others, he explicitly declined to support completely defunding police, but suggested reallocating some of those public safety funds to community services. That is not out of step with what many people …
The quote from Mandela Barnes "on the campaign trail" was from a 2020 interview, a full year before he entered the senate race. Like many others, he explicitly declined to support completely defunding police, but suggested reallocating some of those public safety funds to community services. That is not out of step with what many people were saying in 2020, and I repeat, it wasn't from his senate campaign.
Let's not be surprised that Barnes, a liberal Democrat, has said some things that conservative former Republicans don't have warm feelings about. But the negativism I'm seeing about his ability to win is unbalanced and careless with facts.
The quote from Mandela Barnes "on the campaign trail" was from a 2020 interview, a full year before he entered the senate race. Like many others, he explicitly declined to support completely defunding police, but suggested reallocating some of those public safety funds to community services. That is not out of step with what many people were saying in 2020, and I repeat, it wasn't from his senate campaign.
Let's not be surprised that Barnes, a liberal Democrat, has said some things that conservative former Republicans don't have warm feelings about. But the negativism I'm seeing about his ability to win is unbalanced and careless with facts.