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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

GOP SOTU response claims ‘many’ Democrats want to defund police when Biden promised opposite

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The Republican Party’s official response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address drew criticism for one moment in which the party’s message appeared to clash directly with reality.

Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds delivered the GOP response moments after Mr Biden’s address on Tuesday to a joint session of Congress ended. In her remarks, she directed attacks against “many prominent Democrats” who she argued “still want to defund the police”.

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