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AOC and Mamdani evolution is a political con: Joe Concha
Mamdani, who has since become more measured in his rhetoric on policing, previously called for defunding the New York Police Department, saying that the movement was a “feminist issue,” in a 2020 post on X. He later said during his mayoral campaign that he would not defund the police and instead would work with them.
Ocasio-Cortez is also facing criticism over her support for the defund-the-police movement. In 2020, she argued that resources should be redirected from police departments toward social programs intended to prevent crime and social disorder.
“They know what they’ve said in the past: defunding the police, reimagining prisons, spending trillions upon trillions fighting climate change. Remember, it was AOC back in 2019 that said the world would cease to exist by 2031, which I last checked is five years away, so I guess get that bucket list ready,” Concha said.
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Concha said voters and the media should not overlook politicians’ previous statements simply because their positions have evolved.
“We need to have a media to hold them accountable, play back their clips and their words, and not just let them say, ‘Oops, we didn’t mean it. Let’s move on because we got elections to win,’” Concha said.