Posted on 02/16/2020 7:35:13 AM PST by karpov
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the jury is still out on bail reform.
“What I would just say is that we should just give this time. It’s been five minutes,” AOC told The Post when asked if the controversial new law needed to be amended.
“Give it a shot. We’ve had almost no time since these things have passed. So I would just say, in this environment with political pressure, to maybe just say let’s just slow down a bit.”
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks during a ceremony to kick off her 2020 reelection effort in Parkchester, The Bronx, on Saturday. She warned that powerful monied interests had assembled to thwart the law’s success.
“There’s a very strong campaign coming from a lot of different interests to roll them back,” she said. “I’m sure that there’a a lot of money with the bail bond industry, a lot of folks make a lot of money on cash bail, and I think that this is a well-funded campaign.”
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AOC is Sanaders' surrogate, and if elected, he would promote such policies nationwide.
AOC is half right. Most of these repeat criminals should never be granted bail at all.
Nah, it’ll be fine, girl power, go on with yo bad self.
Now that I’ve got the vote results I want we should stop counting and select me the winner.
I’m sure she says the same thing about the wall and immigration too - “let’s take a step back and see what happens”
AOC I think I can safely assume has never been a victim of a crime which is understandable being that she grew up in the rich white neighborhood of Yorktown heights and not the Bronx which she consistently lies about.
It’s a Dem legislature....They do what they want.
In other words: DO NOT BE TRUTHFUL ON WHAT WE WILL DO!
Luckily for the little twit she is never back in her home district long enough to feel the effects of bail reform firsthand.
Now one needs compare the age of these men and the intellect they possessed at that age in comparison to this mental midget in the form of AOC.
There is certainly no comparison. How far we have fallen as a nation in educating our citizens.
Here’s the template for this bail debate. Don’t fall for it.
Left: It’s not fair that bail is a thing. Minorities can’t afford it.
Right: Yeah, but doing away with bail will keep criminals on the street.
Left: You are racist.
Right: I’m not racist. Thomas Sowell agrees with me! The bail system applies to all people. How is that racist? The Democrats are the real racists. MLK would be a conservative Republican these days. Etc ...
See what happened there? The debate was no longer about bail reform (which is simply about keeping criminals on the streets), it was about the morality of the person on the Right, about their very right to exist. You can’t have an honest debate with dishonest people.
It would be better to ask them why they want more crime. Put them on the defensive. Also better is simply ignoring the wrongthink accusation. “Okay, racism, whatever that means today, whomp whomp, now, let’s talk about why you want more crime. Does the prospect of people being murdered give you some kind of thrill? You leftists are into all kinds of perverted stuff. Is this one of them?”
Some honesty. The bail system does impact “minorities” disproportionately. Minorities (who are majorities in the places with the most problems) commit a disproportionate number of crimes. The Left wants criminals on the street. They want a society devoid of law and order.
[[[She warned that powerful monied interests had assembled to thwart the law’s success. ]]]
Yes, the “success” of returning felons back to the streets to prey on other innocent people.
Its already resulted in at least 2 deaths in a month and a half.
Small city in Western New York, Jamestown, reported that 170 people who were arrested and given an appearance ticket failed to show up in court. Larger cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls didn’t even bother to keep count (or so they say). This is in the month and a half since New York State’s bail reforms have been in effect.
Is AOC saying criminal thugs should be in jail LONGER than their victims are in the hospital? Sounds racist.
What’s with AOC lately? She seems to be trimming her Marxist sails a tiny bit lately? Anybody else notice?
Cortez says the jury is still out,
Yeah that’s why the crime rate increasing at a rapid rate.
She’s arguing to let no bail laws stay until they can wreak more havoc. She’s in three sheets to the wind territory.
Ya think? Anyone with a functioning brain cell knew this.
When even AOC realizes that something is a bad idea... then it is a REALLY bad idea!!
You misunderstand. She doesn’t think the new bail reforms are bad ideas. She doesn’t want a FIX to the new laws. She likes the laws.
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