Centrist House Democrats lash out at liberal colleagues, blame far-left views for costing the party

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72. The response

The response was the problem. That phrase was around before the Floyd incident but it took off then, & there was no effective response to it. It's hard to place blame since everyone on every side was in complete shock for a while, but there should have been a counter that talked about public safety reform instead (Biden's got lost in the crazy). People on the ground in Mpls for instance should have been done this. Particularly in the sober light of a few months' investigation when we see a lot of the problems were caused by right wing agitators from outside the communities affected.

Defund the police would not play well in a lot of communities that are trad Democrat with large numbers of blacks, Latinos, & working class folks. In my area, they have always been very concerned with crime and for good reason. Public safety jobs are also a big part of their success path in life (just as it was for my Irish immigrant ancestors).