“As his criminal justice proposal made clear months ago, Vice President Biden does not believe that police should be defunded,” campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. "Biden does not believe that police should be defunded. On a Monday conference call with reporters, Trump’s reelection campaign described Biden as “complicit” in the debate. “Biden does not have the strength to stand up to extremists now calling the shots in his party,” Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said on the call, which was held shortly before the Biden campaign issued its statement. Murtaugh argued that the former vice president would “contribute to the chaos” in America.

Source: Huffington Post June 08, 2020 17:48 UTC