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Jen Psaki
In July 2021 Psaki claimed that Republicans support “defund the police” movement won her three (3) Pinocchio’s by the Washington Post. Psaki said the GOP’s opposition to Biden’s staggering $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan was akin to supporting the “defund the police” movement, as $350 billion of the bill was earmarked for state and local government aid. In fact the Post said “[G]oing strictly by the bill text, lawmakers had no guarantee that police would get a slice of the pie,” the Post said. “What’s more, voting against a one-time infusion of cash is not the same as voting to cut funding, so there is little basis to clai m that Republicans are trying to ‘defund the police.'”

The White House’s slipshod claim that Republicans are defunding the police, Washington Post, July 7, 2021 at 3:00 a.m. EDT2603:9000:9210:AF55:84C4:F05B:BD00:E3BE (talk) 14:00, 2 February 2022 (UTC)