A fired-up Sen. Cory Booker praised GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville for forcing a vote Tuesday in the Senate on defunding the police, saying he wanted to "hug" his GOP colleague for putting to rest "scurrilous" accusations that Senate Democrats want to strip law enforcement of money. Tuberville, R-Ala., authored an amendment to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would decrease federal funds to localities that defund the police. If the intent was to get Democrats to vote against the measure to make a point that liberals want to defund the police, Booker said he was "excited" to squash that opportunity. In the end, all Democrats voted in favor of Tuberville's effort, which passed unanimously Tuesday night in a 99-0 vote. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets because we're trying to save lives."

Source: Fox News August 11, 2021 15:55 UTC