{"id":1353827,"date":"2022-03-01T23:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353827"},"modified":"2022-03-01T23:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T04:37:47","slug":"rep-rashida-tlaib-calls-for-transforming-our-discriminatory-legal-system-in-state-of-the-union-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-rashida-tlaib-calls-for-transforming-our-discriminatory-legal-system-in-state-of-the-union-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls For \u2018Transforming Our Discriminatory Legal System\u2019 In State Of The Union Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-rashida-tlaib-calls-for-transforming-our-discriminatory-legal-system-in-state-of-the-union-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tlaib-wfp-e1646194698467.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for policies associated with the Defund the Police movement in her response to President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t police away homelessness, poverty, or mental health crises in our country. Care, not more criminalization, is how we ensure lasting safety for all. And we should end the war on drugs, fund legal defense, and enact criminal justice reforms like ending qualified immunity, that would transform our discriminatory legal system,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, Missouri Rep. Cori <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/cori-bush-defund-police-democrats-crime-spike\/\">Bush<\/a>, and other \u201cSquad\u201d members have been vocal advocates for defunding police. Tlaib has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/23\/jen-psaki-responds-rashida-tlaib-prison-abolition\/\">advocated<\/a> for a plan pushed by the Movement for Black Lives that would release all federal prisoners within ten years of its implementation, and frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/rashida-tlaib-daunte-wright-government-funded-murder\/\">describes<\/a> the American justice system as \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the State of the Union, Biden noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/28\/jason-rivera-nypd-widow-slams-manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg\/\">deaths<\/a> of two New York City police officers, while claiming that the American Rescue Plan provided $350 billion to local police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should all agree, the answer is not to defund the police. The answer is to fund the police with the resources and training they need to protect our communities,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI ask Democrats and Republicans alike, pass my budget and keep our neighborhoods safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also did not mention student loan debt, which has been a major priority for left-wing Democrats like Tlaib, New York Rep. Alexandria <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-student-debt-cancellation\/\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Biden did call for \u201cincreas[ing] Pell Grants and increase our historic support of HBCUs, and invest[ing]\u201d in community colleges, calling them \u201cAmerica\u2019s best-kept secret.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/17\/ayanna-pressley-student-debt-political-violence\/\">(RELATED: Rep. Pressley Says Student Debt Is \u2018Policy Violence\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden can use his executive power now to take action, to deliver for the people. He can cancel federal student loan debt, which would be a lifeline for millions of Americans, and a transformative economic stimulus,\u201d Tlaib said.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib did praise Biden\u2019s COVID-19 response, notably his eviction moratorium and the $1400 checks included in the American Rescue Plan while claiming that left-wing members of Congress were his biggest supporters. Tlaib was one of six House Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2021369\">vote<\/a> against the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed with the support of thirteen Republicans in the House and 19 Republicans in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one fought harder for President Biden\u2019s agenda than progressives. We rallied together with our supporters, held town halls in our communities, engaged new people, and even played hardball in Congress,\u201d she said. \u201cBut two forces stood in the way. A Republican Party that serves only the rich and the powerful, and just enough corporate-backed Democratic obstructionists to help them succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for policies associated with the Defund the Police movement in her response to President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union.\u201cWe can\u2019t police away homelessness,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}