It all started when the House Judiciary GOP shared some statistics about big-city crime spikes, many of them in areas where “defund the police” has been taking quite literally:
Defunding the police has serious consequences.
Crime is up. And America’s cities are less safe. https://t.co/VBCUu1bkRc
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) December 9, 2020
Rep. Eric Swalwell, possibly attempting to change the subject from what’s being talked about today (everywhere except in the mainstream media), fired back this way:
You know what defunds the police? NOT passing the Heroes Act. Who do you think is laid off when states and cities face mounting #COVID19 debt? https://t.co/1AD5taVCe2
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 9, 2020
If Swalwell was trying to change the subject, he wasn’t allowed to:
Did Fang Fang tell you to tweet this? ??
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) December 9, 2020
Ouch!
— President Elect Dale (@ThreeGreen21) December 9, 2020
https://t.co/ED4dGMPwjk pic.twitter.com/qjUNV68lGP
— The Fourth Estate is Dead. (@AndreaJMata) December 9, 2020
Lol GOP comes in hot with this burn https://t.co/DySuNNLsHS
— Very Linear 086 (@086Very) December 9, 2020
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