Barack Obama Disapproves ofbr the Term ‘Defund the Police’.br Obama cautioned against using the term br “defund the police” in an interview withbr Snapchat show ‘Good Luck America.’.br According to the former president,br the term is exclusionary and fails tobr “market” to the desired audience. .br You lost a big audience the minute youbr say it, which makes it a lot less likelybr that you're actually going to get thebr changes you want done, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.br Obama thinks the term br “reform the police department” br should be used instead. .br He said the key to “actuallybr [getting] something done” is to br meet people “where they are.” .br If you want to get something done in abr democracy, in a country as big and diversebr as ours, then you got to be able to meetbr people where they are and play a gamebr of addition and not subtraction, Barack Obama, on 'Good Luck America'.br Obama’s comments received br negative reactions on social media.br With all due respect, Mr. President—br let’s talk about losing people. We lostbr Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor.br We’re losing our loved ones to policebr violence. It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandatebr for keeping our people alive, Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, via Twitter.br We lose people in the hands ofbr police. It’s not a slogan but a policybr demand.