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What James Talarico told a pro-defund the police group in 2020 | CNN Politics
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In late summer 2020, as protests over the murder of George Floyd spread across the country, Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico told a group of young progressive activists that it was “rich” that “defund the police” was considered taboo when Texas had spent decades defunding public schools and health services.
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