SEN JOHN KENNEDY: Democrats’ defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again

Minneapolis leaders repeat 2020 mistakes by opposing immigration enforcement, warning against defunding ICE after police defunding backfired spectacularly.

Prior to the death of George Floyd, the defund-the-police movement was a fringe idea that was only popular among Marxist academics and soy-latte drinking, NPR-tote bag carrying Karens. Republican John Kennedy represents Louisiana in the U.S. Senate.

Every society deals with these people differently, but in America, we’ve chosen to hire brave men and women to enforce our laws by confronting antisocial people when they commit crimes. We rarely hear about these courageous officers and the millions of positive interactions they have each day. We only hear about the handful of cops who — by negligence or by choice — harm other people while enforcing the law.

The defund-the-police movement seized upon a few bad examples of law enforcement to sell the lie that cops are worse than criminals. These activists believed that our country would be better off if we fired all police officers and replaced them with social workers.