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I do think "defund the police" and other lefty slogans prob hurt candidates in conservative districts and states, but I think candidates need to be bolder about saying, "If AOC& #39;s constituents in NYC want to defund police, that& #39;s their business. But I answer to my constituents."
The far left and far right have created the narrative that you either support defunding police or you support killing Black people, but there are a lot of smart ways to talk about police reform. Kamala Harris was really great at it back in 2004 when she spoke of "smart policing."
We have a lot of facts that everyone can agree on. Policing is unfair to Black people, other POC, poor people. There isn& #39;t enough accountability for police officers. We need to stop policing poverty, mental illness, homelessness. We need to reform people rather than discard them.
Personally, I think what someone like AOC should consider is how her rhetoric affects her own constituency. Are her constituents& #39; lives better today than they were in 2018 when she was elected? What bills has she passed for her constituents?
Here in Portland, it seems like we are seeing a swing toward more conservative candidates. I think that is both because of the rhetoric being too extreme for a lot of voters, and the lefty purity silliness leading to things like unrealistic write-in campaigns or not voting.
