Something that I realized about the fediverse is that you seem to be able to criticize the USA as a whole, but if you criticize the Democrats you get downvoted. Democrats suck they are not sacred cows

Spectre@lemmy.ml · edit-2 10 months ago

Something that I realized about the fediverse is that you seem to be able to criticize the USA as a whole, but if you criticize the Democrats you get downvoted. Democrats suck they are not sacred cows

Spectre@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

Most people wanted to stop sending money for wars, and Democrats kept sending money for wars. Most people wanted to defund the police and democrats tripled the police budget. That is not a democracy. That is the total opposite of a democracy.

Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 10 months ago

Tripled the police budget?

Spectre@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

Yes, Joe “We have to back the blue” Biden tripled the police budget during and after the BLM protests

Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works · 10 months ago

What police budget?

Spectre@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-adds-334-mln-boost-community-policing-hire-more-officers-2023-11-02/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-biden-2023-budget-increases-154615051.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/us/biden-police-budget-increase/index.html

Sovereign@lemm.ee · 10 months ago

Also curious what police budget he doubled, I thought congress handled money

Spectre@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-adds-334-mln-boost-community-policing-hire-more-officers-2023-11-02/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-biden-2023-budget-increases-154615051.html

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/us/biden-police-budget-increase/index.html