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Jarrett: Obama Not 'Lame Duck,' 'Really Big Things' Coming
PJ Media ^ | 11-20-2015 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 11/20/2015 7:42:12 AM PST by smoothsailing

November 20, 2015

Jarrett: Obama Not 'Lame Duck,' 'Really Big Things' Coming

Nicholas Ballasy

White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett said criminal justice reform that reduces the prison population would make America safer.

Jarrett also said President Obama is focused on tackling the issue along with Congress and is not a "lame duck." Obama has directed federal agencies to "ban the box," which prohibits them from asking about an applicant's criminal history. Jarrett said Obama wants Congress to do the same for federal contractors as well, which requires congressional action.

In addition, the Justice Department has decided to release about 6,000 inmates from federal prison who were convicted of drug-related offenses.

Jarrett was asked if reforming the criminal justice system could cause crime to rise.

"We are seeing crime go up in some cities. We're also seeing it leveled in others and going down in the third category," Jarrett said during the "Race and Justice in America" Summit held by The Atlantic.

She said Obama has instructed Attorney General Loretta Lynch to meet with the mayors and police chiefs in cities where crime is rising to figure out what the federal government can do to help.

"The reason why we have so much support from law enforcement for criminal justice reform - and the president was just speaking to the International Association of Chiefs of Police of Chicago a couple weeks ago - they fully support it and they believe if we have meaningful reform it will actually make the streets safer," Jarrett said.

"If you keep people from going to prison in the first place, and they don't get caught up in that system and they are getting employed and they have ways of taking care of their family, that brings crime down, and so I think we have all of the stakeholders firmly engaged in this process as a way of keeping our neighborhoods safer and allowing people to lead productive lives."

Jarrett predicted "really big things" would happen during Obama's final year in office.

"Even though we only have one year left, it's the second half of the fourth quarter but really big things happen at the end of the game as we all know. Just look at this last year, we've had a terrific year, and if you recall not that long ago the press was calling the president a lame duck - I believe it was - it doesn't feel much like lame duck to me," she said.

"So he has decided that building on the momentum since day one that he really wants to focus on criminal justice reform writ large - the community, the system itself and what we can do."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; fuboandvaljtoo; jarrett; lorettalynch; obama; valjar
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1 posted on 11/20/2015 7:42:12 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Really big? Like an indictment?


2 posted on 11/20/2015 7:43:45 AM PST by skeeter
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To: smoothsailing

And Paul Ryan is ready and willing to help.


3 posted on 11/20/2015 7:44:02 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: skeeter

No, Really big, like Martial Law and suspending the election.


4 posted on 11/20/2015 7:44:44 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: smoothsailing

The co-president has spoken.


5 posted on 11/20/2015 7:44:56 AM PST by Lake Living
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To: skeeter

I was thinking, mushroom clouds over cities.


6 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:06 AM PST by mothball
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To: smoothsailing

Of course really big things are coming..he is going to screw over America every way he can


7 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:20 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: smoothsailing

Is he “coming out”?


8 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:31 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: smoothsailing

Gun control.


9 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:39 AM PST by Fido969
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m sure that’s a least part of the plan.


10 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:55 AM PST by Lake Living
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To: smoothsailing

That is coming from the “Shadow President” (Valerie).


11 posted on 11/20/2015 7:45:56 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: skeeter

. . . Look over there - a really big mushroom cloud


12 posted on 11/20/2015 7:46:11 AM PST by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: smoothsailing

I called this.

He will do a blanket pardon for all black felons.

I knew it.


13 posted on 11/20/2015 7:46:56 AM PST by Lazamataz ( If they try firearm confiscation or gun registration, I go ballistic.)
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To: hal ogen
Coming out? He just did.

 


14 posted on 11/20/2015 7:47:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: smoothsailing

You have to wonder if they are not working with ISIS to plan attacks on American soil. Nothing would surprise me now. Paul Ryan is probably working the financing already.


15 posted on 11/20/2015 7:47:54 AM PST by Lake Living
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To: Fido969

Indeed. We will all become felons overnight.


16 posted on 11/20/2015 7:48:06 AM PST by bergmeid
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To: smoothsailing

It’s not so much the “big things” with this pResident. It’s the little ones that do the most damage.

Death by a thousand cuts. Followed by a big cut.


17 posted on 11/20/2015 7:48:32 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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To: smoothsailing
Here's Valerie Jarrett the day after ISIS burned a caged pilot to death and released a professional grade video of the event:

Valerie very please pilot burned alive photo Burned pilot Valerie is very pleased_zpsgwiltgv7.jpg

She sure looks upset, don't she???

18 posted on 11/20/2015 7:48:48 AM PST by null and void (We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
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To: smoothsailing

Reducing crime by reducing laws. Overwhelming.


19 posted on 11/20/2015 7:48:58 AM PST by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: smoothsailing

Isn’t it duck hunting season yet?


20 posted on 11/20/2015 7:49:02 AM PST by luvie (Cruz or Lose!)
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