The View: GOP 'Defunding the Police,' 'The Real Problem' With Gun Crime

Nicholas Fondacaro | February 3, 2022
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***The complete post is on NewsBusters***

Thursday was just another day in the reverse reality that the coven of ABC’s The View occupies as they lashed out Republicans with false accusations that they were the ones “defunding the police” in cities around the country, and they were “the real problem” with rising gun violence in cities.

At the top of the show, co-host Joy Behar noted that President Biden was meeting with New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) that day to address unchecked gun violence in the city. But Behar was several months behind, asking the panel if now was the time for Democrats “to start speaking up more about fighting crime? What do the Democrats do in this case would you say?”

The time to discuss that was before the 2021 elections when Adams was elected on the promise of fighting crime.

Behar also defended Democrats by suggesting Democrats have been “calling for police reform” rather than “cancel the police” (aka defund the police).

So-called “conservative” co-host Tara Setmayor agreed with Behar that Democrats were just trying to pass reforms and Republicans were pouncing on bad “messaging,” and blamed Fox News.

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