Barack Obama Disapproves of
the Term ‘Defund the Police’.
Obama cautioned against using the term
“defund the police” in an interview with
Snapchat show ‘Good Luck America.’.
According to the former president,
the term is exclusionary and fails to
“market” to the desired audience. .
You lost a big audience the minute you
say it, which makes it a lot less likely
that you're actually going to get the
changes you want done, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.
Obama thinks the term
“reform the police department”
should be used instead. .
He said the key to “actually
[getting] something done” is to
meet people “where they are.” .
If you want to get something done in a
democracy, in a country as big and diverse
as ours, then you got to be able to meet
people where they are and play a game
of addition and not subtraction, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.
Obama’s comments received
negative reactions on social media.
With all due respect, Mr. President—
let’s talk about losing people. We lost
Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor.
We’re losing our loved ones to police
violence. It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandate
for keeping our people alive, Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, via Twitter.
We lose people in the hands of
police. It’s not a slogan but a policy
demand. And centering the demand
for equitable investments and budgets
for communities across the country
gets us progress and safety, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, via Twitter