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‘Squad’ Member Cori Bush Wants Biden to Grant Clemency To Everybody on Death Row
MenRec ^ | 12/16/20 | Rusty

Posted on 12/16/2020 2:03:33 PM PST by rustyweiss74

The ‘Squad’s’ newest member Cori Bush is demanding President-elect Joe Biden move to grant clemency to everybody currently sitting on death row.

Bush’s view shows once again that there isn’t any level of criminal the group won’t embrace.

The Missouri Democrat made her views clear in an op-ed with Time Magazine on Monday.

“If [Biden] truly opposes the death penalty,” she wrote, “he must do everything in his power to stop it for good. Granting clemency to all on federal death row is his most effective tool.”

Bush went on to describe the death penalty as “murder in the name of justice” and drew a link between it and the dark stain of racism in American history.

“Ending the death penalty is about justice,” she argued, seemingly unaware that families of their victims need justice as well. “It’s about mercy. It’s about putting a stop to this nation’s dark history of lynching and slavery.”

“We must build a fair criminal-legal system on a foundation of mercy, due process and equity,” continued Bush. “We must break the cycles of death, devastation and trauma that have broken Black and brown communities like mine.”

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The Squad is already making demands on behalf of criminals.
1 posted on 12/16/2020 2:03:33 PM PST by rustyweiss74
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To: rustyweiss74

Probably has family members there.


2 posted on 12/16/2020 2:07:25 PM PST by TexasM1A
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Cori didnt get the memo. BLM wants to abolish all prisons.


3 posted on 12/16/2020 2:08:08 PM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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To: rustyweiss74

Does stupid and immoral just go with that name?


4 posted on 12/16/2020 2:08:55 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: rustyweiss74

Oh sure, why not? Don’t mind the victims.


5 posted on 12/16/2020 2:09:12 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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I would agree to this if they also outlaw all abortions.


6 posted on 12/16/2020 2:09:55 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: rustyweiss74

I want a pet dinosaur.


7 posted on 12/16/2020 2:09:58 PM PST by windsorknot
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“It’s about mercy. It’s about putting a stop to this nation’s dark history of lynching and slavery.”

So it only applies to blacks on death row, or is she admitting that other colors are also lynched and enslaved? I get so confused when these people talk down to me!
8 posted on 12/16/2020 2:10:00 PM PST by Retrofitted
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Put your money where your big mouth is, set an example and use your home as a transition house for ‘em......what a idiot.


9 posted on 12/16/2020 2:10:31 PM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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To: rustyweiss74

If the MARXISTs want to outlaw the death penalty, they need to outlaw abortion.


10 posted on 12/16/2020 2:12:13 PM PST by joshua c (President Elect joshua_c. Hey if Joe can do it.)
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For those who don’t know, Bush was part of the “mostly peaceful” protesters who broke into the private gated community in St. Louis. Of course none were charged with any crime—except for the McCloskeys; they were charged with felonies for appearing outside their home with firearms.


11 posted on 12/16/2020 2:12:18 PM PST by hanamizu
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I have a better idea. A pardon to anybody involved in stealing the election if they turn in some others who have not taken the pardon. Good until Traitor Joe and the Ho swear in.


12 posted on 12/16/2020 2:14:23 PM PST by Nateman (Democracy dies with voted fraud darkness.)
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“...or is she admitting that other colors are also lynched...?


My wife’s ex just published a book about the last black lynched in Illinois. White guy was also lynched that same day and place, but no one really wants to read a book about him.

Five men were killed at the Boston Massacre, but the only one whose name makes the history book is Crispus Attucks, the black guy.


13 posted on 12/16/2020 2:16:23 PM PST by hanamizu
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She probably has no clue what's on Federal death row.

14 posted on 12/16/2020 2:18:06 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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Your mens recreation staff forgot to cut and paste this from your cut and paste clickbait blog, which you cut and paste here for free in clickbait form without donating.

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“We must build a fair criminal-legal system on a foundation of mercy, due process and equity,” continued Bush. “We must break the cycles of death, devastation and trauma that have broken Black and brown communities like mine.”


Let’s call this what it is: state-sanctioned murder.

I’m thinking of Brandon Bernard and his family—the system failed them. We cannot allow this to continue. The Biden-Harris administration should commute the sentence of every single person on federal death row. https://t.co/B3hGa6pFKN

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) December 11, 2020

Cori Bush Wants Death Row Inmates Granted Clemency From Joe Biden

42.1 percent of inmates currently sitting on death row are white, while African-Americans make up the next largest group at 41.6.

Compared to the U.S. population, the numbers are skewed. So, does Bush have an argument? Of course not, she’s the victim of ‘Squad-think’ an inability to process information more than two steps forward.

Men make up 98 percent of all those currently on death row, while just 2 percent are female. Most certainly, the U.S. population does not represent that kind of makeup.

Does that make the criminal justice system is inherently sexist? You decide.

Bush’s op-ed was spurred on by the recent execution of Brandon Bernard, a man convicted for the 1999 robbery, kidnapping, and the brutal murder of youth pastors Todd and Stacie Bagley.

That’s the type of person Bush is rallying behind.


The claim that Brandon Bernard “didn’t kill anyone” is a flat out lie. He was part of a group that kidnapped two married youth pastors, locked them in a trunk, and shot them. Bernard is the one who lit the car on fire. The wife, Stacie Bagley, was still alive. He killed her.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 11, 2020

Biden supports eliminating the death penalty according to his campaign website.

“Biden will work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level, and incentivize states to follow the federal government’s example,” the site reads. “These individuals should instead serve life sentences without probation or parole.”

President Trump, by contrast, made a campaign promise to bring back capital punishment then followed through on that promise.


“We’re not going to let bad things happen to our police,” President Trump says. “We believe criminals who kill our police should get the death penalty. Bring it forth.” pic.twitter.com/Pyfd3ONDHp

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 15, 2018

Bush’s Views on the Criminal Justice System

Cori Bush’s views on the death penalty, granting clemency to murderers, and law enforcement in general, show she is squarely on the side of criminals, not on the side of the victims of crime.

She stands in opposition to Biden and Barack Obama’s suggestion that defunding the police is a losing political argument.

“It’s not a slogan,” Bush argued. “It’s a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police.”


With all due respect, Mr. President—let’s talk about losing people. We lost Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor. We’re losing our loved ones to police violence.

It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police. https://t.co/Wsxp1Y1bBi

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) December 2, 2020

Bush has even gone so far as to argue that it is necessary to defund our military.

“If you’re having a bad day, just think of all the social services we’re going to fund after we defund the Pentagon,” she tweeted.

Read more at the Political Insider


15 posted on 12/16/2020 3:34:11 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Still time to donate before Christmas, rusty.

https://freerepublic.com/donate/


16 posted on 12/16/2020 3:34:40 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Clemency for murderers and death camps for Trump supporters.
That's Leftist unity in a nutshell.

17 posted on 12/16/2020 5:08:39 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: rustyweiss74

Corri Bush is not a “squad member”. That title falls to only four demoncrap-socialist/marxists.


18 posted on 12/16/2020 5:16:16 PM PST by zaxtres (`)
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