AOC Dismisses Destructive Defund Movement As Outdated Rhetoric
Mike Gallagher
Mon, Aug 10, 2026
By Mike Gallagher, Townhall.com
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shrugged off her 2020 support for defunding the police as mere lockdown-era “rhetoric we would not use today,” claiming the Overton window was wide open amid COVID unemployment and that those discussions were “fruitful.”