Basically, house Republicans voted to defund DC police because even though it’s not federal money, they fact that that have the power to pass laws affecting DC means that they can claim these as “cuts”. Again, defunding the DC police doesn’t help the federal government save a dime. But it’s technically a budget cut, just not the budget cut they’re supposed to working on. Yes, it’s that silly.
Why is the GOP so soft on crime?!
Because they have a hardon for insurrectionists?
What about the thin blue line as the libs were calling for defunding the police?
Tell me you’re planning an insurrection without telling me you’re planning an insurrection.
They are setting things so they cant be stopped. This is all phase 1.
I think you mean they’re setting things so they can only be stopped a certain way.
bAck tHE BLue
How’s that thin blue line doing?
It’s private military contractor time!
In a nice, brown uniform and operated by the republican party!
DC Police weren’t exactly fans of January 6th. Could this be a move to weaken an opposition to a possible coup?
Republicans say Defund the police? We are through the looking glass, up is down, down is up, democrats have a spine, dogs and cats living together!
Democrats have a spine lol good one
Article didn’t list the bill, and couldn’t find it on the congress.gov website either: https://www.congress.gov/quick-search/legislation?wordsPhrases=&wordVariants=on&congressGroups[0]=0&congresses[0]=119&legislationNumbers=&legislativeAction=108&sponsor=on&representative=&senator=
I won’t believe this happened until I see a reference to the bill.
G.O.P. Spending Bill Would Force $1 Billion Cut to D.C. Budget https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/europe/spending-bill-government-shutdown-dc-budget-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.8pFw.TIGVj5LxeB0M&smid=nytcore-android-share
It doesn’t explicitly cut DC Police but the cut has to come from somewhere and it will be the police, city workers, and teachers:
"Given that the budget freeze would come six months into the city’s fiscal year, the District would need to scramble within a matter of days to find a billion dollars in savings between now and the end of September.
Since much of that money was tied up in contracts, leases and Medicaid, all of which take time to be accessible, local officials warned that the most immediate target for the cuts would be the salaries of city workers, including police officers and teachers.
“There’s no way to cut that kind of money in the time that we would have in this fiscal year not to affect police or not to affect teachers and not to affect some of the basic government services that allow us to keep our city clean, safe and beautiful,” said Ms. Bowser"
They are projecting so hard
Noted
Huh, so weird.
