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Mike Johnson: “Abolish the carceral state. Quote. Redirect police and…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Mike Johnson Delivers Remarks at Faith and Freedom

Published | Video Starts at 05:38

Free Palestine. Quote for a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. End all military and economic aid to Israel. Prosecute US and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza. Abolish the carceral state. Quote. Redirect police and prison funding to public services as steps towards abolishing the carceral forces of the capitalist state. Y'. All. It goes on and on and on. Defund the Department of War. Replace the President and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen and subordinate to Congress which they're hoping to take over. (05:38–05:50)

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Asserts that the Democratic Socialists of America platform includes abolishing the carceral state and redirecting police and prison funding.

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