Joe Biden comes out against 'defund the police' push amid mounting attacks from Trump after George Floyd protests
Joe Biden's campaign for president said Monday that he does not support defunding police, seeking to distance Biden from a growing message on the left that President Donald Trump pounced on to attack the presumptive Democratic nominee.
A Biden campaign spokesman staked out the former vice president's position on the "defund the police" movement for the first time in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. It comes after a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged Sunday to dismantle its police department.
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