{"id":1513461,"date":"2022-06-13T10:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513461"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:49:26","slug":"biden-white-house-has-been-hosting-defund-the-police-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-has-been-hosting-defund-the-police-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden White House Has Been Hosting \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-white-house-has-been-hosting-defund-the-police-activists%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=1513461&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--><p>While the nation has been reeling from rising crime during the Biden administration, \u201cdefund the police\u201d advocates have been visiting the White House or meeting with White House aides, White House visitor logs reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the activists have included Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change; Carmen Rojas, the President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation; Latosha Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter; and Tylik McMillan, who serves as the \u201cNational Director of Youth [and] College\u201d at Al Sharpton\u2019s National Action Network, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-white-house-hosted-defund-police-activists\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many people are twisting themselves into word pretzels,\u201d Rojas tweeted last year. \u201cThey say we need justice in one breathe &#038; not all police are bad in the next. We must be unwavering in our commitment to freedom. The best way to realize it is to defund the police and support abolition. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So many people are twisting themselves into word pretzels. They say we need justice in one breathe &#038; not all police are bad in the next. We must be unwavering in our commitment to freedom. The best way to realize it is to defund the police and support abolition. Period.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carmen Rojas, PhD \ud83d\udc1c (@crojasphd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crojasphd\/status\/1382876377993474048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rojas \u201cvisited the White House in December 2021 and appeared to meet with Nia Page,\u201d a Special Assistant to then-Biden adviser Cedric Richmond, Fox News noted. Rojas\u2019 Marguerite Casey Foundation has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caseygrants.org\/recent-news\/marguerite-casey-foundation-announces-5-increase-in-funding-to-cause-dedicated-to-ending-police-violence\">featured<\/a> Robinson on its board; Robinson also visited the White House last summer and reportedly met with Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>Color of Change pushed to \u201cdismantle\u201d and replace the Minneapolis Police Department in 2021, according to Fox News. They created a <a href=\"https:\/\/act.colorofchange.org\/sign\/defund_police_national\/\">petition<\/a> titled, \u201cTAKE ACTION: Defund the police, and invest in communities now!\u201d The petition states, \u201cThe Minneapolis City Council recently approved a potential ballot measure that would change the city charter and dismantle the Minneapolis Police. Now it\u2019s up to us to hold them accountable, push for further systemic changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, the Marguerite Casey Foundation tweeted, \u201c#DefundthePolice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Post collected data on nearly 40,000 payments at 25 of the nation\u2019s largest police and sheriff\u2019s departments within the past decade, documenting more than $3.2 billion spent to settle claims [of wrongdoing].\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundthePolice?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundthePolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fm1UMmcbm3\">https:\/\/t.co\/fm1UMmcbm3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marguerite Casey Foundation (@CaseyGrants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyGrants\/status\/1502072307384266753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown, according to the White House visitor logs and Fox News, has communicated with Vincent Evans, who worked for Vice President Harris\u2019s office. \u00a0Referring to police reform, Brown stated, \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like having weeds in the yard. You can cut the weeds down, you know, when you\u2019re mowing the grass, but until you uproot or kill the weeds, it will still take over your yard,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/cnn-panelist-likens-defunding-police-uprooting-weeds\">reported<\/a> the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn August 2020, Brown promoted a \u2018Defund the Police 101 Teach-In\u2019 event led by two other defund the police activists,\u201d Fox News stated.<\/p>\n<p>McMillan visited the White House four times last year. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextstopchange.com\/post\/no-justice-no-peace-lonnie-bunch-and-tylik-mcmillan-part-1\">stated<\/a> in a July 2020 blog post, \u201cPolice don\u2019t make communities safe, but opportunities make communities safe. What we\u2019re saying is that a defund to the police is a refund to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do want to run for office one day,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextstopchange.com\/post\/no-justice-no-peace-lonnie-bunch-and-tylik-mcmillan-part-2\">added<\/a> in another post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the nation has been reeling from rising crime during the Biden administration, \u201cdefund the police\u201d advocates have been visiting the White House or meeting with White House aides, White House visitor logs reveal. 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