Dem. Rep. Tim Ryan: 'Defund the police issue hurt a lot of our candidates'
Democratic Rep.Tim Ryan of Ohio admitted that liberal cries to “defund the police” may have hurt his party’s chances at a blue wave in Tuesday’s election. “I think the defund the police issue hurt a lot of our candidates,” he told the Wall Street Journal, adding that Democrats in his state lost after facing attacks on the topic. Ryan was one of four House Democrats in Ohio who won reelection -- 12 Republicans maintained their seats in the state. Minnesota Republican Rep.Tom Emmer, who chairs the National Republican Committee, said that the GOP attack over defunding the police was effective in hurting Democrats “everywhere that it was used.” “You can’t equivocate.