Quote: “Obama doesn’t think rapists, armed robbers, drug dealers are ‘criminals’”
Yep, to the democrat party, those are called “voters” and reliable ones at that. To truly understand the democrat party policy on ex-cons, illegals, refugees, etc. one need only see the world through the prism of obtaining new voters. After all, when your policies have ruined the lives of the voters already living in the USA, you need to either import new ones or find a new domestic source (ex-cons and current cons).
rapists, armed robbers, drug dealers and petty criminals and major are always useful to a totalitarian state. They keep the middle class off balance and help prevent opposition from forming. The USSR used them so.