(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) While attending an Axios-sponsored summit, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser denied ever supporting the “Defund the Police” movement in her city, which probably comes as a major surprise to anyone who has driven by her office.
The Defund slogan was painted on the road outside Bowser’s office, reported The Last Refuge.
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Bowser is likely denying this past support because she is attempting to pass a $19.5 million budget proposal that would increase the capitol’s police force to 4,000 cops total over the next decade.
Never able to take action without a virtue signal, Bowser also vowed that 30% of the police force would be women officers by 2030.
“We and many cities across the country are facing spikes in violence, and we’re throwing every resource that we have in curbing that violence,” Bowser said.
Bowser has historically been a supporter and dues-paying member of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to Fox 5. In fact, she originally commissioned the mural outside of her office in 2020.
The “Defund the Police” portion of the mural was an unexpected addition, but one she let remain.
Bowser, who is hoping for reelection in November, appears to be facing dead ends at every turn, the Daily Caller reported.
Leftist activists do not trust her to swerve far enough left to satisfy them, and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has still not recovered from a $15 million budget cut in 2020.
Robert C. White Jr, one of her opponents for the mayoral seat, criticized Bowser for putting the city’s police in a tough spot.
“The mayor has put us in an impossible position, because we are plagued with violent crime right now, and police are stretched too thin, and the mayor has not developed a plan,” White said at a candidate forum in March.
“The conversation is frequently reduced to either more police or more crime, and I think that is not fair to residents, nor is it responsible governing,” White continued.
