Chelsea Clinton: Bernie Sanders’ plan to end mass incarceration is ‘worrying'

[ForgoTheConsequence]

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Source: The Independent

Chelsea Clinton said Senator Bernie Sanders’ proposal to end mass incarceration in the US is "worrying" and insinuated that her mother’s rival does not understand what is “possible” to achieve in Government.

Speaking to a packed town hall in Cleveland, Ohio, Chelsea Clinton took the opportunity to denounce Senator Sanders’ proposed criminal justice reforms when she was asked about her mother’s “vagaries” towards African American policy.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/chelsea-clinton-bernie-sanders-plan-to-end-mass-incarceration-is-worrying-a6875986.html

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NO WE CAN'T....STOP PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR MINOR DRUG OFFENSES.......

[valerief]

1. NO WE CAN'T...stop pouring taxpayer $$$$ into the FOR-PROFIT prison industry. nt

[daleanime]

2. Because if we did stop jailing people at this rate.....

what would happen to the companies stock? You have to think about the stockholders.



Just in case

[Duckhunter935]

3. ouch

I am sure the Clinton supporters will be along any minute on how what she said is a good thing, especially for people of color.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. The "War on Drugs" is a Nixon Era policy to bust blacks and hippies.

[mountain grammy]

36. Please read "Chasing the Scream"

Racist for sure, but it started long before Nixon and he wasn't the only one.

[mpcamb]

5. So is Chelsea Clinton in favor of mass incarcerations?

Just askin'...

[NanceGreggs]

14. Yeah.

That's exactly what she said.

[randys1]

6. No Chelsea, it is not worrying. sorry

[JonLeibowitz]

7. Uh Chelsea...who said anything about incarceration? We were talking about AAs...

I remember a lot of outrage recently when Bernie Sanders did a similar thing with jobs and AAs. It will be interesting to see the outrage (or lack thereof) develop this time.

[Lorien]

8. So basically they're the pro-slavery family

Nice Chelsea, real nice.

[Merryland]

9. another Hillary surrogate spreading fiction

Chelsea being used like this is awful.

[roguevalley]

41. she isn't being used. she's in her 30 s and

Clueless

[BillZBubb]

10. Holy Crap, is she serious?

Chelsea needs to stay out of politics. Like her mother, she pushes right wing ideas way too often.

We do need to find a better way to deal with minor, non-violent offences. Imprisoning a large number of the population is insane. Only a right winger would want to maintain this terrible system.

[bowens43]

11. had about enough of the clintons...hey no one gives a shit what you think Chelsea

[jalan48]

12. Oh that Chelsea! She only gets $75,000 per speech.

But then, she's still in plutocrat training school.

[Peregrine Took]

13. Go home, no one cares what you think. n/t

[chapdrum]

15. You're the expert, Chelsea

You tell 'em.

While you're at it, tell 'em about your (AND the Clinton Global Initiative's) affiliation with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the fellow who was Sec. of Commerce under Saint Reagan. Petey wants to privatize or (better yet) dismantle Social Security.

You tell 'em.

It's just f*cking fascinating.

[Eric J in MN]

16. Obama's Justice Dept is suing Ferguson, MO for overpolicing.

So if Chelsea Clinton thinks it's acting like acting like a king for the federal government to get involved in local policing matters, then she should criticize Obama instead of Sanders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/11/us/politics/justice-department-sues-ferguson-over-police-deal.html?_r=0

[libcrystal]

17. Chelsea trying to school the Senator?

Arrogant and oblivious. She has no idea how ludicrous this is. Sum total of her gov experience is living in the White House as a kid. That makes her qualified to school someone who has spent his long, adult life getting things done in government? Excuse me? 😏

[Gene Debs]

18. Please don't take this the wrong way, Chelsea, but fuck off.

[tk2kewl]

19. can't be freeing those "super predators"

[Baitball Blogger]

20. If politicians can create institutional racism, they can also tear it apart.

Sorry, Chelsea. You are wrong on this one.

[Goblor]

21. f.u.

Chelsea ... Grow up.

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. I get it. They want change as long as it doesn't disrupt......

any corporate profits. Don't you know we have to be practical.

[oberliner]

23. That's not what she said

Perhaps that is why only the word "worrying" is in quotation marks and nothing else.

Anyone who actually wants to know what she said should watch the video of her speech which can be found on YouTube.

[noamnety]

24. lol at the "packed town hall"

Last edited Mon Feb 15, 2016, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)

"The event will be a town hall for about 100 senior citizens."
http://fox8.com/2016/02/12/chelsea-clinton-to-speak-in-cleveland-on-monday/

So ... five rows of 20 chairs?

Anyone else seeing some bias in the reporting from the OP? (The quoted article, not the DU poster themselves).

[oberliner]

35. Here's a photo from the event

More here:

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/02/chelsea_clinton_in_cleveland_l.html#incart_m-rpt-1

[noamnety]

37. I know, right?

The cropping is hilarious. Like when the Saddam statue was toppled.

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[oberliner]

40. I am missing what is hilarious

It was a town hall focussed on a group of senior citizens. It was not represented to be anything other than that.

[AzDar]

25. Un-fucking-believable.

[cantbeserious]

26. We Us Together - Vs - No Can't and Impossible -- The Choice Is Clear

eom

[Sanity Claws]

27. Why would I value her opinion ?

She lacks worldly experience. She is rich and lives in a very insular world.

[SciDude]

28. I just barfed a little in my mouth...

The Clinton's are just revolting and I'm disgusted by their dirty tactics.

Using your young daughter to sling mud? Awful really.

This is starting to look a lot like how Clinton went after Obama with her "3 in the morning call" racist crap in 2008.

[Fuddnik]

29. I guess money doesn't translate into brains.

Spoken like a true clueless .10%er.

That's upper 1/10 of 1%ers.

[CentralMass]

30. They must be anticipating needing the capacity.

[INdemo]

31. This is actually kind-of funny

Here we have Chelsea out on the campaign trail for her Mom talking about something she has very little knowledge about and obviously unrehearsed.She looks very much out of place..

I think Chelsea would be best suited on Sesame Street having a conversation with Big Bird...It would more be her style.

[Hydra]

34. You want her damaging our children for life?

[Hydra]

32. *LMAO*

“We are not electing a king, we are electing a president,” insisted Ms Clinton.

Maybe she should remind her mom that we're not coronating someone.

[BainsBane]

33. Bernie didn't promise merely to stop putting people in jail for minor offenses

He promised that by the end of his first term the US would not have the highest prison population on earth. That begs the question of how he intends to empty the jails so quickly. Anyone--even Sanders supporters--should want to know HOW he is going to achieve that.

Her point about his not knowing about how government works is borne out by making one promise after another that is beyond the constitutional limits of the presidency.

Now, I get people here think Bernie is the most perfect person ever to run for president or even walk planet earth, but even this superior man would be constrained by the constitution if he is elected president. That means voters and surrogates for other campaigns have every right to ask how he plans to accomplish his promises or comment on what he says.

Yes, as awful as it is, people in America are still allowed to criticize Bernie. Now some here call that hated, which is frankly bizarre but sadly part and parcel o f what we have seen during this campaign.

There is nothing out of bounds, unacceptable or unusual about Chelsea Clinton's statements. What is unfortunate is that Sanders own supporters insist on less rather than more information on how their candidate plans to follow through on what he promises.

[oberliner]

38. She spoke and took questions for 40 minutes

If anyone actually wants to hear what she spent that time talking about, they should watch the video of the town hall which is available on YouTube instead of this article which ignores pretty much everything she actually talked about and creates a false impression of a quote that was not actually said.

[NV Whino]

39. Oh Chelsea, for heaven's sake, zip it.

[turbinetree]

42. Dear Mrs. Mezvinsky..............with all due respect........................

there is a problem in this country when it comes to incarceration, has a percentage of the population, I would like for you to read the below information and please get back to how economics creates this mess, which is costing this country over 80 billion a year.

This slice of the incarceration problem speaks volumes about policies that are failing....................................


https://redpowermedia.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/jail-population-in-native-american-communities-rises-4-percent/

http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=law/7132001-1

http://ksoo.com/incarceration-rates-high-for-native-american-and-hispanic-men-in-south-dakota/




Honk-----------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[one_voice]

43. Locking..

Doesn't meet SoP for LBN. Better suited for GDP please re-post there.