{"id":1405609,"date":"2022-03-28T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405609"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:45:01","slug":"joe-biden-sends-empty-budget-signaling-on-police-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-sends-empty-budget-signaling-on-police-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Sends Empty Budget Signaling on Police Funding"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjoe-biden-sends-empty-budget-signaling-on-police-funding%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=1405609&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House on Monday previewed President Joe Biden\u2019s annual 2023 budget, which includes an empty request for federal spending on police departments.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s proposal will ask for more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/biden-to-unveil-2023-budget-expected-to-ask-for-increase-in-military-spending-tax-on-wealthy\/\">reports<\/a>, in an effort to signal support for the police during an unprecedented period of rising crime.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The budget would double funding for community policing and community violence interventions as well as hire more deputy marshals and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, \u00a0Firearms, and Explosives agents, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/03\/28\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-fy-2023-budget\/\">statement<\/a>, Biden said budgets were \u201cstatements of values,\u201d as he outlined his desire to spend $5.8 trillion for fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s annual budget document is largely meaningless, as Congress relies on continuing resolutions and stop-gap funding for most of its spending plans. He and his staff have not outlined a separate funding bill for police to push forward for passage in Congress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden\u2019s message will likely disappoint Democrats such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who continue to call for federal and local governments to defund the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement, is one of reimagining the current police system to build an entity that does not violate us, while relocating funds to invest in community services.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear, the people who now oppose this, have always opposed calls for systematic change. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEh97GS9hg\">https:\/\/t.co\/SEh97GS9hg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1270148561536274439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president famously complained to black activists after the 2020 election that Republicans used calls to defund the police to \u201cbeat the living hell out of us across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But during the election, Biden himself said, \u201cYes, absolutely,\u201d when asked in an interview if he supported redirecting police funding to other community service programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden said he wants to defund the police.<\/p>\n<p>Since people are taking issue with that statement of fact, let\u2019s review what he was asked &#038; said.<\/p>\n<p>Barkan: \u201cCan we agree that we can redirect some of the funding [from the police]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden: \u201cYes, absolutely\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qPp5oX0o7A\">pic.twitter.com\/qPp5oX0o7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1284835128418729984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The president reversed any sympathy for the idea, however, arguing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/01\/sotu-biden-calls-on-congress-to-fund-the-police\/\">during<\/a> his State of the Union speech in March that it was time to further fund the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should all agree the answer is not to defund the police. It\u2019s to fund the police,\u201d he said. \u201cFund them. Fund them. Fund them with resources and training. Resources and training they need to protect their community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House on Monday previewed President Joe Biden\u2019s annual 2023 budget, which includes an empty request for federal spending on police departments. 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