Biden calls for $300 million for community policing programs
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JUNE 11, 2020: The Republican National Committee voted to downsize its presidential nominating convention. Joe Biden called for $300 million in funding for community policing programs.
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[DAILY PRESIDENTIAL NEWS BRIEFING CAMPAIGN AD COMPARISON FEATURE, 2020]
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“The registration of new voters dropped dramatically in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, challenging efforts of both major political parties to enlist new supporters in battleground states ahead of the 2020 election.
The number of new voters registered across 11 states in April 2020 decreased by 70% compared with April 2016, according to a report from the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research released Thursday. …
‘This is not something that's Democratic or Republican,’ [David] Becker said. ‘Both sides rely on the months leading up to a presidential election to engage with potential new voters and get them registered and hopefully voting. And it's really hard to engage with a voter if you can't get them registered.’”
– Joey Garrison, _USA Today_
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* JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) is holding a roundtable on Thursday in Philadelphia ([link removed]) on reopening the economy.
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BIDEN discussed law enforcement funding ([link removed]) in an op-ed in _USA Today _on Wednesday. He said he opposed defunding the police. He proposed increasing funding by $300 million to improve community policing programs, adopt a national use of force standard, purchase body cameras, and recruit a more diverse force.
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In a virtual interview ([link removed]) on _The Daily Show_ on Wednesday night, BIDEN said, “It's my greatest concern, my single greatest concern. This president is going to try to steal this election.”
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The REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)’s leadership PAC, will run digital ads ([link removed]) in swing states and on _The New York Times_ website criticizing BIDEN. The ad attacks Biden for his position on China and the Green New Deal and calls him “too confused to lead.”
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The REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ([link removed]) voted on Wednesday night to downsize ([link removed]) its convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and move Donald Trump ([link removed]) ’s acceptance speech to a different city. Typically, almost 2,500 delegates would attend the convention. The committee voted to reduce that number to 336. _The Hill_ also reported that the party’s 2016 platform ([link removed]) will be adopted again since the Platform Committee is not meeting.
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TRUMP is meeting with faith leaders, law enforcement officials, and small business owners in Dallas on Thursday to discuss race relations ([link removed]) and policing. Later, he is resuming his in-person fundraisers ([link removed]) with a small event at a private home in Dallas.
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TRUMP announced that he will hold his first rally ([link removed]) since the coronavirus pandemic began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jun. 19. He said additional events were planned in Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
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The TRUMP campaign questioned the methodology of a CNN national poll ([link removed]) that showed BIDEN leading by 14 percentage points and demanded the network retract it. A spokesman for CNN said, “We stand by our poll.”
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