First Lady’s Christmas Video Features Dance Troupe That Supports Defunding Police, Abolishing Prisons

The first lady got criticized on Twitter over her Wednesday video featuring Dorrance Dance performing a "playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite" in the White House.

December 14, 2023

First Lady Jill Biden is being criticized for featuring the Dorrance Dance troupe in the White House Christmas videom which is based on the 'Nutcracker.' The troupe's website promotes defunding police and abolishing prisons.First Lady Jill Biden is being criticized for featuring the Dorrance Dance troupe in the White House Christmas videom which is based on the "Nutcracker." The troupe's website promotes defunding police and abolishing prisons.Still from White House Video

The New York City tap dancing troupe enlisted by first lady Jill Biden for a Christmas video promotes controversial far-left ideologies, including abolishing prisons and defunding the police.

The first lady got criticized on Twitter over her Wednesday video featuring Dorrance Dance performing a "playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite" in the White House, Fox News reports.

Dorrance Dance's "take action for justice [and] change" website page pushes readers to join their local Black Lives Matter or Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) chapters.

On the same page, Dorrance Dance pushes readers to "get involved" in "prison abolition" work while pointing users to far-left organizations, including M4BL – which advocates for defunding the police.

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