Biden Asks Dems To Back More Federal Funding For Police

As crime rates soar across the US (as the situation in NYC, Chicago and other major cities rapidly deteriorates), President Biden has decided to defy progressive Democrats and call for more federal funding for police and prosecutors as part of his 2023 budget plan that’s set to be released Monday.

At the risk of angering progressive Democrats like AOC and her fellow members of “the Squad” (who haven’t forgotten about then-Senator Biden’s support for the 1990s crime bill that filled America’s prisons with non-violent drug offenders serving lengthy sentences), Biden will propose more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, according to two White House insiders cited by Axios.

Over the weekend, the Biden camp also leaked its plans to include a proposal for a minimum 20% tax on the wealthiest Americans’ total earnings (including unrealized capital gains).

The funding for police is intended to show Americans Dems aren’t soft on crime (a major liability heading into the midterms). And also possibly part of an effort to curry favor with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who has recently reengaged with the White House to hash out a more limited iteration of Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan.- READ MORE