‘Amazing Work’: Wisconsin Dem Lauds Group That Aims to Defund Police, Abolish ICE

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The Democratic frontrunner for Wisconsin's Senate race lauded a liberal nonprofit for its "amazing work" to defund police and abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Mandela Barnes headlined the Center for Popular Democracy's (CPD) "Hold Our Power Strategy Launch" on Nov. 15, saying he was "very honored" to land the liberal group's endorsement given its "amazing work … in states all across the country." CPD, which bills itself as the "nation's largest progressive organizing network," is at the center of the movement to defund police and has also called to curtail illegal immigration enforcement.

 

In July 2020, CPD organized an array of "beautiful and powerful actions with calls to defund police" and touted its role in convincing local officials in liberal cities to cut tens of millions of dollars from their police budgets. Days later, the group hosted a "national day of action" to demand that public schools across the country refuse to reopen until they are "police-free." CPD also sponsors DefundPolice.org, a self-described "comprehensive web resource where organizers can find everything they need for their campaign to defund police in one place."

Barnes's praise for the group comes after he refused to distance himself from the "idea behind ‘defund the police'" in an August interview that also saw the Democrat reference "overpoliced communities." Those remarks prompted Republicans to slam Barnes as soft on crime and "too liberal" for Wisconsin, attacks that could resonate in next year's midterm elections. According to a Suffolk University poll, just 29 percent of residents in Milwaukee—a Democratic stronghold—support defunding police, while 62 percent would feel "safer" with more police on the job in their neighborhood.

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This is the guy running to replace Ron Johnson.(Oh, hell no!!!!!!)