[Redoubts]

> The Democratic mayors of New York City, Baltimore and Los Angeles are among those now backpedaling on their vows

So they didn't actually do anything.

[hunterb123]

Some cities did defund in their budget, then reversed and refunded.

Some cities backpedalled on their promise to defund and added to the budget instead.

The existence of the latter scenario does not nullify the former.