Barack Obama Disapproves of<br />the Term ‘Defund the Police’.<br />Obama cautioned against using the term <br />“defund the police” in an interview with<br />Snapchat show ‘Good Luck America.’.<br />According to the former president,<br />the term is exclusionary and fails to<br />“market” to the desired audience. .<br />You lost a big audience the minute you<br />say it, which makes it a lot less likely<br />that you're actually going to get the<br />changes you want done, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.<br />Obama thinks the term <br />“reform the police department” <br />should be used instead. .<br />He said the key to “actually<br />[getting] something done” is to <br />meet people “where they are.” .<br />If you want to get something done in a<br />democracy, in a country as big and diverse<br />as ours, then you got to be able to meet<br />people where they are and play a game<br />of addition and not subtraction, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.<br />Obama’s comments received <br />negative reactions on social media.<br />With all due respect, Mr. President—<br />let’s talk about losing people. We lost<br />Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor.<br />We’re losing our loved ones to police<br />violence. It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandate<br />for keeping our people alive, Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, via Twitter.<br />We lose people in the hands of<br />police. It’s not a slogan but a policy<br />demand. And centering the demand<br />for equitable investments and budgets<br />for communities across the country<br />gets us progress and safety, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, via Twitter
