Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace found himself butting heads with Indiana Congressman Jim Banks on Sunday about Democrats “defunding the police,” asserting that the Republican and his colleagues voted against President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan that would actually help police departments.
The plan granted $350 billion to state and local governments, who were encouraged by the White House to use some of the money to hire law-enforcement officials “even above pre-pandemic levels” to combat the recent spike in crime nationwide — a far cry from some progressives calling to defund the police.
“Congressman Banks, you voted against that package, against that $350 billion, just like every other Republican in the House and Senate.