"[I]t is not unreasonable to demand high levels of responsibility and accountability of law enforcement," Hoyer said in a tweet Tuesday. But many congressional Democrats have been careful to avoid explicitly endorsing calls to "defund police" that are largely coming from Democrats in local government and party activists. Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., ranks third among House members in police union and law enforcement PAC money. In both the House and Senate, six of the top 10 recipients of police group money are Democrats. On Klobuchar, a former prosecutor, the group said: "She has been a long-time friend to the law enforcement community.

Source: Fox News June 10, 2020 12:33 UTC