DeSantis lambasts Mamdani’s past calls to defund NYC police as ‘asinine’ policy

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) lambasted New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s policing policies during a speech before Florida sheriffs and told the roomful of law enforcement officers that Mamdani’s calls to defund the New York Police Department were “asinine.”

“This guy running for mayor in New York City, you know, wants to defund the NYPD — said that many, many times. And this is an asinine policy,” DeSantis said at the Florida Sheriffs Association Summer Conference in Orlando Tuesday.

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