During the daily briefing at the White House Thursday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush after she boasted about paying for private security while defunding the police.
"I think we shouldn't lose the forest through the trees here which is a member of Congress, an elected official, is concerned that her life is threatened and that's disturbing," Psaki said. "I'm not going to comment of course on their security arrangements, I don't have anymore details on that."
During her defense of Bush, Psaki claimed President Joe Biden and Democrats broadly do not want to defund the police. She also attempted, again, to pin the defund the police movement on Republicans.
"I will say that the president has been crystal clear that he opposes defunding the police. He has said that throughout his campaign for office," she continued.
Peter Doocy asks about Rep. Cori Bush's defund the police comments and pushes Jen Psaki on the Biden narrative that Democrats don't want to defund the police.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 5, 2021
Psaki revisits the White House's claims that Republicans are doing more to defund the police than Democrats. pic.twitter.com/UcSbHgm74k
Bush, who is a member of the communist squad, made the comments during an interview with CBS Thursday morning.
Cori Bush defends hiring private security for herself:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 5, 2021
“Suck it up. And defunding the police needs to happen.” pic.twitter.com/fQU42ZlMsM
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden said he agreed with reallocating police funding to social programs.
To make #BlackLivesMatter, we need to redirect money away from police departments into mental health care, affordable housing, good jobs & restorative justice.
— Ady Barkan (@AdyBarkan) July 8, 2020
I asked Joe Biden what he thinks about this approach. Watch his answer. pic.twitter.com/vnXhhhw7Rx
Join the conversation as a VIP Member