[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|350px|thumb|The Democrat message, coupled with [[ballot harvesting]] and ballot box stuffing, won back the House in 2018. The messaging and recruitment of violent anarchists and [[criminal]]s came full circle by the Spring of 2020.]]
The movement began with an editorial by the [[communist]] ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article</ref> and was immediately echoed by [[Hillary Clinton]]'s press spokesman.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/04/former-hillary-clinton-spokesman-calls-for-defunding-police/</ref> The Minneapolis [[veto]]-proof Democratic City Council then agreed to defund the Minneapolis police department.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/majority-minneapolis-city-council-commits-dismantling-city-s-police-department-n1227116</ref> [[Minneapolis]] is a Democrat stronghold and has not elected a [[Republican]] mayor since 1957.<ref>An unelected Republican, Richard M. Erdall, served for one day, December 31, 1973. https://web.archive.org/web/20090214045703/http://www.tholt.com/mayors.html</ref><ref>https://welovetrump.com/2019/10/07/cnn-visits-democrat-stronghold-in-minnesota-finds-voters-turning-to-trump/</ref> The entire city government, including the police department which is considered one of the most institutionally racist in the United States,<ref>http://archive.is/csfbU</ref> has been firmly in the hands of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]] with strong support of its Democrat voter base for more than a half century.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtestsofPeace/comments/gvjb6x/protests_of_peace_democrat_stronghold_minneapolis/</ref> A [[Twin Cities]] resident wrote to the ''Pioneer Press/Dispatch'':
[[File:Norton Mitchell BHAZ LGBT.png|right|350px|thumb|Democrat D.C. Rep. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] and [[MSNBC]]'s [[Andrea Mitchell]] were assaulted by an [[LGBT]] protester during an interview in Washington's Black House Autonomous Zone. Norton's first words were, "Where's the police?"<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/06/23/andrea_mitchell_nearly_attacked_in_dc_black_house_autonomous_zone_wheres_the_police.html</ref> Mainstream [[fake news]] media which filmed the whole incident imposed a blackout.]]
{{quotebox|The fact is George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, by a Minneapolis policeman. He was not killed by a [[federal]] agent in a community of [[white supremacist]]s.
Enough of the empty accolades for the protesters. Don’t pretend you are in agreement with their cause. Your actions, while in power to make real change, demonstrate otherwise. The correct response on your part is not to insult the community with feigned emotion, your responsibility was to prevent this from happening. You have all failed miserably.<ref>https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/04/letters-you-own-this-minneapolis-and-minnesota-democrats/</ref>}}
[[File:Norton Mitchell BHAZ LGBT.png|right|350px|thumb|Democrat D.C. Rep. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] and [[MSNBC]]'s [[Andrea Mitchell]] were assaulted by an [[LGBT]] protester during an interview in Washington's Black House Autonomous Zone. Norton's first words were, "Where's the police?"<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/06/23/andrea_mitchell_nearly_attacked_in_dc_black_house_autonomous_zone_wheres_the_police.html</ref> Mainstream [[fake news]] media which filmed the whole incident imposed a blackout.]]
[[President Donald Trump]] enjoyed the support of 40% of [[African American]]s in the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.oann.com/poll-40-of-likely-black-voters-approve-of-president-trump/</ref> The [[DNC]], [[liberal media]], and white violent [[far-Left]] [[Marxist]]s sowed civil discontent and [[riot]]s in an attempt to unify [[Black]]s and keep them on the [[Democrat plantation]] by stirring up anti-[[police]] hatred.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/05/antifa-national-mobilization-riots-across-country-raise-questions-about-coordination/</ref>
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==Purpose==
Author Linda Goudsmit described in detail the broader perspective of the Defund Police movement, the effort to defeat President Trump, and to win back Democrat control of the [[White House]] and [[Congress]]: