Posted on 08/28/2020 2:17:26 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
...More than 25 years later, as Mr. Biden makes his third run for the White House in a crowded field of Democrats — many calling for ambitious criminal justice reform — he must answer for his role in legislation that criminal justice experts and his critics say helped lay the groundwork for the mass incarceration that has devastated America’s black communities. That he worked with segregationists to write the bills — an issue that recently dominated the political news and seems likely to resurface in Mr. Biden’s first debate on Thursday — has only added to his challenge. So has the fact that black voters are such a crucial Democratic constituency.
In September 1994, as President Bill Clinton signed the new Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act in an elaborately choreographed ceremony on the south lawn of the White House, Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat directly behind the president’s lectern, flashing his trademark grin.
The truth is,” Mr. Biden had boasted a year earlier in a speech on the Senate floor, “every major crime bill since 1976 that’s come out of this Congress, every minor crime bill, has had the name of the Democratic senator from the State of Delaware: Joe Biden.”
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The truth is,” Mr. Biden had boasted a year earlier in a speech on the Senate floor, “every major crime bill since 1976 that’s come out of this Congress, every minor crime bill, has had the name of the Democratic senator from the State of Delaware: Joe Biden.”
It’s hilarious that the only good things he ever did are the things that alienate him from his base.
Huh? Bad Joe? Looks like NYT is throwing in the towel.
Winning!
So, the point is Biden was right about something years ago?
this is from June, 2019, but people must be reminded of it- daily!!!
Whoops - missed that it was 2019. That explains it.
Still winning!
*snort*
Yeah, sure, MSM.
Hmmm... today is Friday so from the article, it sounds like there is a debate next Thursday, 9/3. Except according to this, the first debate is Tuesday, September 29. Could the NYT have published a mistake? (Horrors!! :)
FWIW, here's THIS year's debate schedule:
Presidential: Thur, Sep 29, Thur, Oct 15, Thur, Oct 15.
Vice Presidential: Weds, Oct 15
All the debates will will start at 9 p.m. ET and will run for 90 minutes without commercial interruption.
More info here.
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