Democrats have pledged to give Senate Republicans enough votes to approve a resolution overturning D.C.’s soft-on-crime law pending President Joe Biden’s pledged signature.
The Republican resolution has the support of at least five Democrat senators, Joe Manchin (D-WV), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), which gives Republicans enough votes to pass the resolution with a simple majority. The resolution could be sent to Biden within weeks after Republicans force its vote on the Senate floor.
“I’ll be voting the same way the president is,” Murray responded when questioned by CNN if she would support the measure. “I absolutely respect that decision.”
The Democrats’ support of the Republican resolution comes as Democrats have been accurately cast as the defund police party. Political experts believe the Democrats’ soft-on-crime approach in 2020 and 2022 was counterproductive to winning elections.
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