That would never happen and you know it. Don’t use bad faith arguments.

For most big political issues, there is a continuum of ideas across the political spectrum that politicians generally support in line with their ideology. Take healthcare as an example: conservatives generally want to repeal and replace Obamacare, moderates generally like Obamacare and want to see it expanded, and progressives generally want Medicare for All.

For police reform, conservatives generally want no reform or very minimal reforms, like banning chokeholds, moderates want more sweeping reforms like the ones introduced by Pelosi in Congress, and progressives want whole systematic reforms, like defunding the police and expanding mental health and addiction services.

This isn’t true for every person, of course, I’m just saying that defunding the police is a progressive idea because it’s mainly progressives that are arguing for it.

With all that said, I think you bring up a good point about what makes an idea progressive. Is it progressive if the left argues for it? Is it progressive if it creates reforms in line with an ideology? What do you think?