Obama said “defund the police” is a bad slogan. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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Obama’s critique of defunding aligns with his longtime messaging on policing. Former President Barack Obama is getting pushback from progressive leaders in his party after saying in an interview Wednesday that political candidates who use “snappy” slogans such as “defund the police” could jeopardize their campaign goals on police reform and even lose support from their base. “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,” Obama told Peter Hamby, who hosts the Snapchat political show called Good Luck America . “The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel...

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