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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) joins fellow Democrats from the House and Senate to announce new legislation to end excessive use of force by police and make it easier to identify, track, and prosecute police misconduct at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a top Democrat in the House of Representatives, voiced his disapproval for efforts to defund the police, but said he envisions a change in policing.
“I would simply say, as I have always said, nobody is going to defund the police,” Clyburn, the House majority whip, said during an appearance June 14 on CNN’s “State of the Union.”