Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said that not one Democratic senator supports the “defund the police” movement or slogan—in the latest rebuke to the Black Lives Matter-backed proposal.
Manchin, along with other moderate Democrats in Congress, has flagged the “defund” slogan as one that likely cost Democrats seats in the Senate and House—pushing back against claims made by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and others.
