Socialist Candidate For Los Angeles Mayor Backtracks On Defunding Police

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Nithya Raman, Los Angeles city councilwoman and mayoral candidate, is distancing herself from her former call to “[d]efund the police.”

“You have been the target of attack ads representing the — the Los Angeles Police. They’ve accused you of being anti-police, wanting to cut officers. You have said now that the city needs to maintain the size of the force. At one point though, in a 2020 campaign, you did call to defund the police. So, tell us about that position change,” CNN’s Jessica Dean asked Raman on Saturday. Raman’s primary competitors in the mayoral race are incumbent Karen Bass and ex-reality TV star Spencer Pratt. (RELATED: ROOKE: Far-Left Candidate Thinks She Fooled Conservative Candidate. She........

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