Broader context is Rachel was answering a q from a right-wing outlet (Washington Times) attempting to get us to third-party the national org and separate ourselves from WDM. We need to be wary of this dynamic and reflect on how ALL of us need to get better at nipping that shit.
Here is the fuller answer, since this got around.View quoted post on X
"I would say that defunding the police is the opposite of democratic socialism. We want government services to work for everybody. We don't want abuse of power, right? So, just defunding a government service is not the thing that stops abuse of power.
"So, by funding things like police and education and libraries, we make our communities better. I would say that this is a big difference between maybe some of the social issues that progressives take on versus the economic issues that democratic socialists take on."
