Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said accusations that he or his colleagues are for defunding the police are part of the Republican’s “big lie.”
At the same time, House Democratic leaders were considering canceling a vote on a bill to increase police funding because of opposition within the Democratic Caucus.
Mr. Jeffries, New York Democrat, nevertheless boasted that there was not a single member of his caucus who supports the defund-the-police movement.
“The notion that any of our frontline members or members of the House Democratic Caucus support defunding the police is just part of the big lie that extreme MAGA Republicans continue to tell about everything,” Mr.