Tuesday, June 25, 2019
The movement grows...
Last week, the 538 web site did a great thing by reaching out to the Democratic campaigns to get the candidates' views on a number of criminal justice issues.
Given my interests, two things jumped right out at me. First, a survey of important issues actually included the issue of taking clemency out of the DOJ! That's awesome. Second, according to the chart, nine of the candidates support the move.
Troublingly, though, Amy Klobuchar is not among those nine. This is odd, given that she wrote a CNN op-ed promoting the idea, and included it in her extensive list of things she would do in the first 100 days of her presidency.
I'm hoping that this was an oversight by a staffer rather than a change in position-- but I'm troubled by the fact that she amended her answers to two other questions (as described at the bottom of the 538 piece) but does not seem to have corrected her answer on clemency.
If it really is a change in position... I'm curious where that is coming from.
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Interesting. Maybe for some of the candidates (i.e. Buttigieg), they need more information. But Harris, Klobuchar, and Sanders should know better. Thanks for posting this.
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