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    1. Radley Balko‏Verified account @radleybalko May 31
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      This is ignorant. Trump signed one decent bill, then under-funded it by 80 percent. He also reversed Obama reform policies on equitable sharing, police militarization, DOJ review of local police agencies, predatory municipal courts, I could go on.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1134460071084265477 …

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      Michael TraceyVerified account @mtracey
      The 1994 crime bill caused lots of problems, but it's telling that Dem candidates are focusing on a 25 year old bill to attack Biden, rather than the criminal justice record of the Obama/Biden administration. Trump enacted more sweeping criminal justice reform than Obama ever did
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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 31
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      Ignorant how? Trump signed into law the FIRST STEP Act, described by the Justice Action Network as "the most meaningful federal criminal justice reform bill our country has seen in decades." Are you arguing that Obama signed into law a bill that was more meaningful?

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        2. Radley Balko‏Verified account @radleybalko May 31
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          It's an incredibly facile comparison of their records. Reform isn't always new legislation. It's also policy. Also, whether the FIRST STEP act lives up to its promise depends heavily on its implementation. And Trump is already short-changing its funding.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 31
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          I'm not contending that Trump is somehow "good" on criminal justice overall, he's bad in the ways you've documented. No argument there. In terms of actual legislation enacted, though, the comparison is still notable -- and supremely ironic on numerous levels.

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        2. Radley Balko‏Verified account @radleybalko May 31
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          Your first tweet also makes little sense. How is it "telling" that Biden's competitors/detractors *aren't* attacking the Obama-Biden record on CJ reform? If that record is as paltry as you claim, I'd think they *would* be attacking him for it.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 31
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          Right, it's telling that Democratic candidates are NOT attacking the Obama-Biden record, given how paltry it is. That owes in large part to the political pitfalls of attacking Obama in the context of a Democratic primary. So instead they must go back 25 years for an attack.

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        1. Brendan W‏ @nighttrace May 31
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          Everyone: Explains how you're misrepresenting things at best. You: But how tho? Everyone: We literally just explained this. You:pic.twitter.com/F0wXChlA0U

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        1. Dave Franco in Fright Night Remake 2011 (scary)‏ @L0G1c9UY May 31
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          bro, don't google "central park 5"

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        1. Dan Mitchell‏ @TheFoodEconomy May 31
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          This is like responding to Lincoln's Second Inaugural by asking, "but what do you think of war?"

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        1. BSmith‏ @BSmithTweet May 31
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          Agreed. Not "ignorant." More like "consciously in bad faith."

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        2. Fix The Climate #ClimateMarch‏ @semiproletariat May 31
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          i mean there is the entire rest of the tweet

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey May 31
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          I'm not arguing that Trump is overall "good" on criminal justice, I'm observing that he signed into law a bill that was more sweepingly reformative than any bill Obama signed.

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        2. Sheridan Le Fanu’s CARMILLA (1872)  🧛‍♀️ 👭 🏰‏ @jdvdub May 31
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          This is addressed in Balko’s original tweet pretty clearly, I think.

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        2. @ijbailey‏ @ijbailey May 31
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          Michael seems proud of his ignorance, which is why he holds fast to a hot take he doesn't seem to care is extremely misleading. Next he's gonna tell us Reagan was a civil rights champion because he signed the bill that made MLK Day a national holiday.

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        1. the spooky name haver‏ @ulove2seeit May 31
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          “If I don’t read it, it’s not an L”

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        1. kasha‏ @kashaelkasha May 31
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          Lmao Michael Tracy out here trolling hard. Can’t wait for his grift to come to an end

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        1. DoctoreDiripioRubrum‏ @SportsDroppings May 31
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          As someone who admires your work, Michael, I'd advise you to fall back and admit your error. This is Radley's wheelhouse, and you're out of your depth here. Radley has a granular knowledge of EVERY modern president's record on criminal justice and law enforcement.

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        1. To Hen Gai Ohohoh Shut Up Yes!‏ @JaimOutLoud May 31
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          Did you discount who the GOP worked with more?

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        1. Pop Skull-ture Mort-manteau‏ @RalfThePowerful May 31
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          Michael, just admit you’re voting for him.

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