Former President Obama said political candidates lose support when using “snappy” slogans like “defund the police,” in an interview scheduled to be released Wednesday.

Obama told Peter Hamby, who hosts a Snapchat political show “Good Luck America,” that those who use the slogan could jeopardize their goals of enacting meaningful reforms for police.

"You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you're actually going to get the changes you want done," the former president said in the interview scheduled to go live at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, according to Axios.

"The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?" Obama added.

The former president’s comments align with other top Democrats who have considered the phrase to be damaging to the Democratic Party.

thehill.com/homenews/campaign/528266-obama-you-lose-people-with-snappy-slogans-like-defund-the-police

Exactly what I was saying.

you win people with war crimes

Strange how he only said this after the election. Wonder why.

mr “Yes we can” and “hope and change” over here

Defund the Police is a great slogan. it immediately identifies a problem (overfunding), a target (police), and a solution (defund them mfers)

He’s right

Slogans that are only understood by people that agreed with it in the first place are pointless

I disagree. They could have just stuck with police reform and explained what they wanted done. The Republicans latched into defund the police and I’d say it worked in their favor when it came to the house and senate races.

The slogan in itself is good. But it's like a snowball effect. It is of no good use now.

Nevertheless, f*** Obama and everything he stands for.

overfunding is a problem but it isnt the core problem, the core problem is their duties are too broad, theyre inadequately selected etc. defunding would only impact one

Obama is right

What's the point in it if it turns people away?

approx 80% of people of all backgrounds want the same or more police in their neughbourhoods

f*** the police in their current form but thats just politics

i agree with removing some duties from the police, increasing training requirements, and demilitarisation

source for my claim: pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/08/05/gallup-80-percent-of-blacks-want-the-same-or-more-police-in-their-neighborhood-n755799

the slogan was horrible from the start and immediately used against the movement. it alienated people who recognized the problems with policing yet still want police to exist. it gave conservatives perfect ammunition to attack the protests and fearmonger

I don't write slogans for a living but something like Rethink the Police would have opened the conversation up more and been universally accepted

f*** Obama tho

He's right tho

Didn't we have this argument in some thread already?

„Make America great again“

I mean he’s saying facts?

No it doesn't. Ask the average person on the street and they'll bite your ass back. They are firm on the belief that police should not lose money

You can easily say fund community services while defining police.

There’s so many. Rethink isn’t bad

Reform The Police

Demilitarize The Police

But the most simple and obvious one should’ve been....

Fix The Police

Is the problem really overfunding? The problem is not using the funds the correct way

In b4 synopsis gets pissy over a slogan and defend it with all his might.

Literally no police defunding happen in any city and it's because of the push back against the slogan.

But that's for different reasons for each city of course