Don Lemon to Angela Rye: ‘Defund the Police’ Slogan Lost Dem Congressional Seats

‘It’s not a winning strategy’

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EXCERPT:

LEMON: "I know that’s a talking point that progressives like to say, well —"
RYE: "I’m not espousing a talking point. I’m actually relying on data. What you’ll find —"
LEMON: "I know you’re going to talk about the data. Go on, but I think the data —"
FINNEY: "I agree with her on that one.
LEMON: "The data that you’re talking about is something I know progressives like to hold on to and say it’s the data. But the overall election, it’s a small number of people, progressives who ran on very progressive parts of the Democratic ticket won, held their seats. But for the most part, Democrats who ran on defund the police —"
RYE: "Who were they?"
LEMON: " — and who they called socialism, they lost —"
FINNEY: "Wait —"
LEMON: "Democrats lost across the board. The only Democrats that won was Biden."

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