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In reply to the discussion: It's funny that when I ask Republicans what Trump's accomplishments as president were,... [View all]klook
(12,154 posts)86. Reality check - "Biden vs. Trump: Who's the Actual Criminal Justice Reformer?"
Welcome to DU! I don't mean to pick on a newcomer, but I feel it's important to point out that The First Step Act -- and the Trump Administration's criminal justice policies -- are at best an extremely mixed bag.
Biden vs. Trump: Whos the Actual Criminal Justice Reformer? - Politico, 4/23/2020
Despite a bipartisan push to reduce the United States highest-in-the-world incarceration rate, the prison population decreased only slightly in 2018, the most recent year for which data is available. It was the last year in a slow but steady decade-long decline to the current population of 1.5 million.
- much more at link:
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/justice-reform-biden-trump-candidate-policy-positions/
Trump Just Bragged About Criminal Justice Reform. Look Closer at How His Administration Is Undoing It. - Mother Jones, 2/4/2020
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump praised himself for his work on criminal justice reform. Our roaring economy has for the first time ever given many former prisoners the ability to get a great job and a fresh start, he said. This second chance at life is made possible because we passed landmark criminal justice reform into law. Everybody said that criminal justice reform couldnt be done, but I got it done and the people in this room got it done.
Yes, its true that Trumpthe same man who recommended heavier enforcement of stop and frisk policing, and whose administration brought back the federal death penalty and fueled the expansion of private prisonssigned a much-heralded bill in 2018 to reform the federal criminal justice system, with broad bipartisan support. The First Step Act made changes that have reduced the federal prison population, and it was the first criminal justice reform bill to pass Congress in a generation. So far, the law has shortened the prison stays of about 2,500 people who were serving disproportionately long sentences for crack cocaine offenses, most of them African American. It has also let more than 3,000 people go home early because of their good behavior during incarceration. And it could lead to improvements in prison conditions.
But as Trump claims credit for freeing people from prison, theres one very big problem that hes not mentioning: His Justice Department is actively pushing to send some of these same people back behind bars, and to prevent others from reducing their sentenceswhich greatly limits who can benefit from the law that Trump has touted as one of his signature achievements.
- more at link: https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/02/trump-just-bragged-about-criminal-justice-reform-look-closer-at-how-his-administration-is-undoing-it/
Yes, its true that Trumpthe same man who recommended heavier enforcement of stop and frisk policing, and whose administration brought back the federal death penalty and fueled the expansion of private prisonssigned a much-heralded bill in 2018 to reform the federal criminal justice system, with broad bipartisan support. The First Step Act made changes that have reduced the federal prison population, and it was the first criminal justice reform bill to pass Congress in a generation. So far, the law has shortened the prison stays of about 2,500 people who were serving disproportionately long sentences for crack cocaine offenses, most of them African American. It has also let more than 3,000 people go home early because of their good behavior during incarceration. And it could lead to improvements in prison conditions.
But as Trump claims credit for freeing people from prison, theres one very big problem that hes not mentioning: His Justice Department is actively pushing to send some of these same people back behind bars, and to prevent others from reducing their sentenceswhich greatly limits who can benefit from the law that Trump has touted as one of his signature achievements.
Oh, yes, this too: Trump administration has executed more Americans than all states combined, report finds - The Guardian, 12/16/2020
The Trump administration ultimately executed 13 prisoners, most recently Dustin Higgs.
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It's funny that when I ask Republicans what Trump's accomplishments as president were,... [View all]
BlueStater
Jan 2021
OP
Unfortuately, it was the gullible and ignorant ones that appeared for the most part.
Yonnie3
Jan 2021
#73
Yep. His biggest accomplishment will be recorded as fooling dumbasses.
Cirque du So-What
Jan 2021
#2
Yep, they think it is funny that someone, "smarter than they are", is upset at the destruction...
IthinkThereforeIAM
Jan 2021
#71
Only wealthy Republican donors can point to tax cuts and deregulation as "accomplishments."
sop
Jan 2021
#7
The Supreme Court appointment and tax reductions are not really Trump achievements
Klaralven
Jan 2021
#25
I would add another possible accomplishment that has not come to fruition yet.
Lonestarblue
Jan 2021
#16
Corporate owners of our gov't got what they wanted: lower or no taxes, decreased regulation...
CousinIT
Jan 2021
#17
Exactly. They used the clown. Only after he lost did any daylight appear between them and Trump.
mjvpi
Jan 2021
#40
One thing that goes unnoticed is the ethical behaviour of Democrats these past four years
Escurumbele
Jan 2021
#27
As a personal best, Trump killed about 400,000 Americans with his Trump Virus.
keithbvadu2
Jan 2021
#29
His greatest accomplishment might be that the wakeup call to Fascism sounded long and loud. We will
NoMoreRepugs
Jan 2021
#31
His greatest accomplishment was convincing the young and less educated that Russia is our friend.
nature-lover
Jan 2021
#37
That his last statement will likely be his list of his accomplishments is telling in and of itself
karynnj
Jan 2021
#52
I see it as negative as it was a "carrot" the US could have granted to Israel in return for
karynnj
Jan 2021
#90
No, it won't "be like he was never president at all." It will NEVER be like that.
Towlie
Jan 2021
#56
He signed a lot of executive orders, damaging environmental protection, civil rights, and many other
spooky3
Jan 2021
#65
Better yet they say he was first president to speak to Kim Jung Un. Trump made him a
Pepsidog
Jan 2021
#69
"Ya know what he did? He owned the libtards! That's good enough for me."
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#72
I've often been told by MAGAts that, "Trump has done so much for the country." But, ...
Brother Mythos
Jan 2021
#87
Trump's supporters, like the people that broke into the Capitol and vandalized it, see undoing
Nitram
Jan 2021
#93
You know what's bad, though, is these people think Iran and Paris were bad deals.
PatrickforO
Jan 2021
#96
Well he might not have personally released a healthcare plan, but Republican congresspeople did
progree
Jan 2021
#97
they can't assert any accomplishments because there aren't any. For the wealthy and corporations was
iluvtennis
Jan 2021
#101