Democrats are not learning from their defund-the-police failures

By Washington Examiner

Published August 15, 2022 1:05am ET

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Democrats are not learning from their defund-the-police failures — FILE - Minneapolis police stand outside the department's 3rd Precinct on May 27, 2020, in Minneapolis. Almost two years after George Floyd died at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, Minnesota's Department of Human Rights released findings from an investigation into whether the city police department had a pattern or practice of racial discrimination in policing. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

Last week, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) just barely won renomination in her Democratic primary. Democratic leaders had failed to see it coming — that such a prominent member of the left-wing “Squad” could come within just 2 percentage points of losing to an opponent whom she had outspent nearly 3 to 1.

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