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Biden Pushes Police Funding, Gun Restrictions in Message Honoring National Police Week
President Joe Biden gives remarks at an executive order signing event for police reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on May 25, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Michael Clements
By Michael Clements
5/16/2023Updated: 5/16/2023
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President Joe Biden boasted that he had increased funding for law enforcement while tightening gun control in a video statement for Peace Officer’s Memorial Day on May 15. Biden said he had one objective in pushing for wider gun restrictions.

“I want to make sure officers are not outgunned on the streets. Let’s be very clear; the answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said during the almost three-minute video released on the president’s Twitter thread that morning.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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