If you aren’t worried about President-elect Joe Biden’s fealty to the radical Left yet — just wait until after the Georgia elections.
At least that was something that Biden strongly hinted at in a leaked call with civil rights leaders.
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In the call, which was obtained and released by the far-left Intercept website, Biden was confronted by civil rights activists, who, among other things, were demanding more forceful action on policing issues.
To his credit, Biden waved away calls for sweeping executive action being pushed by liberals, such as on gun control.
“I am not going to violate the Constitution,” he said. “Executive authority that my progressive friends talk about is way beyond the bounds.”
Yet, at another point, Biden, citing anti-Semitic huckster Al Sharpton (who was also a participant on the call), vowed to enact major changes to policing. But he said he only wanted to talk about it after the Jan. 5 runoff elections because it could risk losing the races.
“I don’t think we should make that a big issue going into, before Jan. 5, when the election takes place down in Georgia,” Biden said of policing. “But I also don’t think we should get too far ahead of ourselves in dealing with police reform in that because they’ve already labeled us as being ‘Defund the Police.’ Anything we put forward in terms of the organizational structure to change policing, which I promise you will occur, promise you. Just think to yourself, and give me your advice whether you think we should do that before Jan. 5. Because that’s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we’re talking about defunding the police. We’re not. We’re talking about holding them accountable. I just raise it with you to think about. How much do we push between now and Jan. 5? We need those two seats … I guarantee you there will be a full-blown commission. I guarantee you it’s a major, major, major element. And as Rev. Al said, I was a pain in the ass to everybody except him when we did the commission before. I don’t think we went far enough. We can go very far. It matters how we do it.”
It should be noted that it wasn’t Republicans who were talking about defunding the police. It was activists and liberals. The Minneapolis City Council, which attempted to disband the police department over the summer, this past Thursday voted to slash its budget by $8 million.
The talk of defunding destroyed the opening for bipartisan police reform in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic killing that could have made progress on the front of making police accountable for using excessive force.
In the wake of his election victory, Biden has attempted to navigate being an old-school liberal in a party in which much of the energy is coming from the radical-left activist wing. Given the setbacks that Democrats have faced in the House and Senate this year, it’s understandable that he’d want to keep that wing of the part locked in the basement until after Senate control is determined. But voters in Georgia should realize who they will be unleashing were they to give a rubber stamp to Biden.
