NEW: Republicans are going to try to claim that they’re attacking Vanita Gupta because they “back the blue." The problem? “The blue” backs Vanita Gupta. huffpost.com/entry/republic…
“I do not support defunding the police,” Gupta says. She says society places too many problems at the feet of police, and there’s a need for investment in up front solutions.
"For too long, we have placed... so many of our nation's social problems at the feet of police," Vanita Gupta said in response to a question about whether she supported "defunding the police." (She doesn't.) Says society puts too much of a burden on law enforcement.
It really is remarkable how even adversaries of Vanita Gupta in pretty heated settings just really, really like her as a person. From @SarahNLynch: reuters.com/article/us-usa… 
Responding to Tom Cotton, Gupta says that she, like all Americans, hold stereotypes she needs to manage.
“It’s part of the human condition,” Gupta said. It can be managed, but only if acknowledged, she said.
“I am not above any one else in that manner."
“It’s part of the human condition,” Gupta said. It can be managed, but only if acknowledged, she said.
“I am not above any one else in that manner."
Wait until Tom Cotton hears that James Comey said that all Americans are a little bit racist more than six years ago, in the year 2015, and received zero pushback at all. huffpost.com/entry/james-co…
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