Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumSanders Voted For 1994 Crime Bill; Bragged About It As Late As 2006 [tough on crime]!!
So, Sanders not only voted for this bill--but used it for his own political campaign advantage in 2006. What a hypocrite.
Podesta: Sanders Voted For Now-Controversial 1994 Crime Bill; Bragged About It As Late As 2006
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/04/10/podesta_sanders_voted_for_1994_crime_bill_bragged_about_it_as_late_as_2006.html
Posted on April 10, 2016
On This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Clinton campaign manager John Podesta fires back at Bernie Sanders for demanding an apology from Bill Clinton over the 1994 crime sentencing reform bill he signed.
"I think the president got a little hot," he said about Bill Clinton's confrontation with protesters about the subject this week. "[But Bernie Sanders] voted for this bill. He doesnt regret it. He, in 2006, he campaigned for the Senate, saying Im tough on crime."
STEPHANOPOULOS: ....................
What was his evidence?
I voted for the '94 crime bill.
So I think he's airbrushing history. He won't do what the president done, what Hillary has reiterated, which is to say that this thing has had -- made the problems worse in some ways; we need to fix it. And that's why she's put on a comprehensive reform to end the era of mass incarceration and to really get the job done when it comes to dealing with the problem of over-incarceration, what's that done to communities all across America.
Cha
(297,655 posts)SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)KitSileya
(4,035 posts)And those who read 'Black people' into Hillary's comment about super-predators, when she mentioned no races and the problem was multi-ethnical - well, it says more about their thought processes than is flattering.
Also, the fact that people are going after Hillary, who didn't vote for it, instead of the candidate who actually did vote for it? That also says multitudes about their agenda.
(What is says to me is that they don't care about the consequences of the crime bill as much as they care about smearing a specific candidate.)
Projection on Bernie's part. As for his supporters, you hit the nail on the head: "they don't care about the consequences of the crime bill as much as they care about smearing a specific candidate."
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)He can run from his record, but he can't hide!