Democrat RepMaxineWaters on Sen_JoeManchin and SenatorSinema: 'They don't give a darn'
Rep. Maxine Waters thinks Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema "don't give a darn" when it comes to police reform amid calls for legislative action following the footage released showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis officers.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has not yet made it to the Senate floor. Despite a Democratic majority, Senate rules dictate that there must be 60 votes in favor to advance legislation. The law would ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants for all federal law enforcement agencies, create a national registry of police abuses, and make prosecuting and suing officers easier.
“When you look at even two Democrats — Manchin, of course, and of course, that woman from Arizona — they don’t give a darn about this issue," Waters said."They would rather have the power to determine what happens in the Senate by using their two votes for themselves than anything else.""For too long, we have witnessed these senseless acts by those sworn to protect us, and it must end," Manchin wrote on behalf of himself and his wife, Gayle.
Sinema spoke out in 2020 against efforts to"defund the police," a cry from activists following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, per the Hill.
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