White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took aim at congressional Republicans on Wednesday, accusing them of defunding the police.
since the beginning of his presidency, and when he presents his budget next week, it will reflect that commitment to fighting crime.
"What we have seen is that for four years…congressional Republicans have been doing the opposite," she said."When you think about the COPS program, which is something that the president put forward, they have wanted to defund that to take it away. And if you think about that, that leads to defunding the police."Just recently, they called on defunding the FBI, and when you think about the border security funding, they want to take that away as well," Jean-Pierre added.
The United States had an assault weapons ban from 1994 to 2004. It was allowed to expire after studies showed that its impact on crime was negligible.
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