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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Aug 19, 2025 at 5:19:37 PM MST, ""Joel W. Crump"" wrote   
   :   
      
   > On 8/19/25 8:14 PM, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >> On Aug 19, 2025 at 4:05:35 PM MST, "chrisv" wrote   
   >> :   
   >>> Mike Oxbrown wrote:   
   >>>> Governor Swill wrote:   
   >>>>> Mike Oxbrown wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The US is collapsing around us due to liberal, democrat policies   
   >>>>>> such as   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Defund the police   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Cite Democrats actually defunding police.  I dare you.  Show where   
   >>>>> this has actually happened.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://thenationaldesk.com/news/fact-check-team/fact-check   
   team-cities-that-called-to-defund-police-grappling-with-crime-su   
   ge-boost-police-funding-amid-staffing-shortfalls-washington-dc-b   
   ltimore-los-angeles-new-york-george-floyd-police-reform-   
   public-safety-mental-health-social-services   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Of course when the ignorant democrats discovered what anyone else with   
   >>>> common sense knew from the start that defunding police, not supporting   
   >>>> police and so forth would cause crime to escalate, they began reversing   
   >>>> their poor decisions.   
   >>>   
   >>> I see that none of the leftists responded to your post.   
   >>   
   >> You have had multiple responses from people who speak facts (what you call   
   >> "leftist"). Yes, in 2020 some cities reduced funding (or did not increase   
   >> funding as they might have) -- in both red and blue cities.   
   >>>   
   >>> Less than ten hours after my post, that lying piece of shit that calls   
   >>> himself "Swill" was accusing me of "running away" and "trying to lie".   
   >>   
   >> You DID run away. And you will keep running away. He shared FACTS and showed   
   >> they were backed.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile Republicans worked to reduce funding for police and were   
   successful.   
   >>  From a previous post:   
   >>   
   >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   >> Republican Study Committee (RSC), backed by around 80% of House Republicans   
   >> and 100% of House Republican leadership -- calls for defunding the   
   Department   
   >> of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.   
   >>   
   >> https://democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-releases/gop-bu   
   get-would-defund-police-shows-new-data-budget-committee-democrats   
   >>   
   >> https://dccc.org/house-republicans-caught-red-handed-actively   
   attempting-to-defund-law-enforcement/   
   >>   
   >> Default on America Act would slash up to $10 billion from federal law   
   >> enforcement, including:   
   >>   
   >> * $2.8 billion cut to the FBI   
   >> * Cuts to Capitol Police and reductions in federal grants to local   
   >> departments.   
   >> (Also cuts $580 million from federal prosecutors)   
   >>   
   >> https://dccc.org/the-house-republican-history-of-voting-to-de   
   und-law-enforcement/   
   >>   
   >> Lots of other examples. For example, at least some Republicans sought to   
   kill   
   >> funding for 11,000 FBI personnel:   
   >>   
   >> https://congressionalintegrity.org/report-republicans-went-fr   
   m-tough-on-crime-to-defund-the-fbi/   
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   >>   
   >> Facts matter.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's almost a joke, how hypocritical what is happening is.  That it is   
   > real life, wow, WTF.  But so be it - we are going to war.  I will emerge   
   > as the new leader.   
      
   I am voting for a stuffed bear.   
      
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