August 12, 2022/Media, Press

North Carolinians Call Out Congressman Budd For Repeatedly Voting Against Funding the Police

With Congressman Ted Budd coming out of hiding for the first time in more than a month to engage with voters, North Carolinians gathered outside his event to call him out for his record of voting against police funding.

“Congressman Ted Budd says he supports law enforcement but his long record of voting against funding the police in Congress says otherwise,” said NCDP spokesperson, Kate Frauenfelder. “North Carolinians will continue to call out Congressman Budd’s hypocrisy and record of saying one thing then voting another until he’s out of a job this November.”

Ted Budd voted against legislation in 2017201820192020, and 2021 that provided billions of dollars in funding for police, including millions for North Carolina law enforcement. In 2021, he voted against a bipartisan legislation that both Tillis and Burr voted for. This legislation would have provided over $24 million total allocated to law enforcement agencies in North Carolina and $750,000 in funding to hire and retain police for Graham, North Carolina – a city in Budd’s own district.

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