AOC Criticizes 2020 Lockdown 'Rhetoric' for Past 'Defund Police' Support
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- AOC criticizes 2020 lockdown 'rhetoric' for past 'defund police' support
- Ocasio-Cortez notes that the movement emerged due to high unemployment rates and social unrest at the time
- AOC says that the conversation about crime is very different today and her past support for 'defund police' was wrong
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American Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated that the 'rhetoric' seen during the COVID-19 pandemic led to her past support for the 'defund police' movement. Ocasio-Cortez noted that this movement emerged due to high unemployment rates and social unrest at the time. She also added that the discussions back then were beneficial and that the conversation about crime is very different today.
Ocasio-Cortez had previously supported the 'defund police' movement but now seems to be distancing herself from this view. She also commented on a socialist candidate running for governor in Wisconsin, who had stated that police and prisons should be abolished in 2020-2021, saying that this view is no longer correct.
These statements have raised curiosity about Ocasio-Cortez's future political plans and views.
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- Why did AOC support the 'defund police' movement?
- AOC supported the movement due to high unemployment rates and social unrest at the time
- What are Ocasio-Cortez's views now?
- Ocasio-Cortez no longer supports the 'defund police' movement and says that the conversation about crime is very different today
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- These statements have raised curiosity about Ocasio-Cortez's future political plans and views
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