Former President Barack Obama expressed concern about the impact that the "defund the police" slogan would have on the 2020 presidential election, but with Democrats taking the White House in January, he appears to be changing his tune, Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones said Wednesday. "President Obama never said he was against actually defunding the police.
He was against the way that they labeled it and the impact it would have on elections," Jones told "Fox & Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt.
Obama sought to clarify his earlier comments during an interview with the Daily Show's Trevor Noah Monday. During the discussion, the former president was asked to address the backlash he received for dismissing the movement as a "snappy slogan".
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