Some Democrats now claiming that they never supported defunding the police

In June 2020, Beto O'Rourke said: “I really love that Black Lives Matter and other protesters have put this front and center to defund, you know, these line items that have overmilitarized our police, and instead invest that money in the human capital of your community. . . . And in some necessary cases completely dismantling the police forces and rebuilding them. And I think that the city council in Minneapolis made the right decision." Four days before O'Rourke made this video, the Minneapolis city council voted to disband its police department and invest in community-based public safety programs (https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybee...).
But now Beto says: “I don’t think I’ve ever advocated for defunding the police” (https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1461466357682389000?s=20). Well, people can listen to O'Rourke's statement and see whether he supported cutting funds to police and instead spend the money on social services.