Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tried to make an argument in defense of socialism and was immediately mocked and ridiculed on social media for the effort.
Ellison was being interviewed by Dean Obeidallah, a CNN opinion writer, when the Democrat claimed that having a police force was a socialist policy.
‘Equating cops paid by taxes to socialism is the dumbest, most dishonest garbage an Attorney General has ever spewed.’
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“You know, there are elements of socialism that are part of our system today, including Medicare and Social Security,” Obeidallah said.
“How about policing? How about, you call the cops — guess who pays them? Your tax dollars! Guess what that is? That’s socialism, pal, sorry!” Ellison interrupted.
“You don’t contract for your own private police department, or fire department,
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