Quote: “Oh good grief. The Bill isn’t even out of Committee. How does “The National Pulse” know it’s going to clear committee? It’s not even scheduled for a floor vote.”
I see what you are saying and agree. But the author is right from the standpoint that more and more of this radical stuff is making it to the floor. Bail reform at one point was laughed at as something that would never happen. Letting criminals out of jail the same day the commit the crimes? They are kidding, right? Turns out that they weren’t.
From that standpoint, I see why he wrote this. But it still doesn’t make it true and there is no real reporting on the wider support that the bill may or may not have.
Stating the obvious, I think that they do this just to give some fundraising arm or campaign arm as story to cite to grab a few bucks.
I believe that bail reform can be a strong issue for Republicans in 2022. Run short ads which show a perp (e.g. John Doe), discuss how he re-offended once released (e.g. assault), and note the victim (e.g. general info such as 50 y.o. female) and link it to Kathy Hochul.
Something along the lines of:
"John Doe was released after arrest for burglary. Kathy Hochul supported his release.
While out on bail, he assaulted a 50 year old female
Kathy Hochul supported Doe's release after re-arrest.
Kathy Hochul - she cares more about release of criminals than your safety."