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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
He started on Birtherism, moved to bad hombre rapists, and finished with the kung flu.
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Yep, he has a terrible record of racist remarks: I remember feeling angry about these comments too:
i) a judge's opinion doubted because of his Latino roots
ii) wife in a Gold Star family ridiculed for not commenting while her husband spoke publicly
iii) appalling joke about Pocahontas in front of Native American WWII vets
Regarding Anteater's mention of "Defund The Police":To me, this was a very poorly-chosen slogan, and illustrates the dangers of reducing governance to tweets and electioneering to three-word chants.
The real issue of police funding, as I understand it, is about refunding and re-assigning police tasks. At present they are first responders to such a variety of emergencies, because there aren't on-call specialists to deal with mental-health and other situations that require more in-depth training to handle properly. I think the argument goes, "reduce police funding, and police responsibilities, and have more, better-trained experts who can provide a kind of para-police service, rather like para-medics do for doctors." Unfortunately, that's difficult to explain on a placard, let alone in a three-word chant.