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My Latest. Nearly 90% of Democratic voters say they want sweeping criminal justice reforms. But the Democratic Party on the state and national level is doing almost nothing to actually support justice reform bills and justice reform candidates.https://theintercept.com/2018/08/19/democratic-party-criminal-justice-reform/ …
In California, Hillary Clinton won San Diego County & Sacramento County by 20% over Donald Trump. It was a blowout. But the state and national Democratic Party machines have allowed Trump supporting Republicans to completely control the justice systems in those counties.
I'll close with this. Democrats - from the ones who're probably going to run for President - to the ones who run the state and national party machines - need to talk a little less about criminal justice reform and actual fight for the real pending reform bills & candidates
BRILLIANT candidates - who are lifelong Democrats - are running for District Attorney and Sheriff - all over the country. And I have damn near begged the state and national Democratic machines to back these candidates. They often outright refuse. Republicans then win. WILD
Right now the most important criminal justice reform bill in the nation that would create the first watchdog organization for District Attorneys in the nation is 12 hours to be signed by @NYGovCuomo.
He's getting NO pressure from @SenSchumer.
No pressure from @SenGillibrand
For 16 years, Democrats allowed Trump's friend David Clarke to make Milwaukee into the most incarcerated city for Black men in America.
Last week, a brilliant man finally ran to take Clarke's seat.
State & National Democrats were virtually M.I.A.
@WorkingFamilies stepped in.
I wanna be transparent here. I personally asked national politician after politician to support our criminal justice reform efforts in California. They were ghosts. Guess who showed up? BERNIE SANDERS. We asked everybody else, but only he showed.
The do nothing democrats is why we have voter apathy and why 40% of Americans do not bother to vote. Democrats must be fighting for the agenda of their voters. This is why I support new leadership in the party.
Democratic Socialist it is. Bernie has been fighting for us since the 60s he will let them know what time it is.
Because in the US there is an illusion that democracy works and that people’s elected representatives actually represent! The USA is actually the best democracy...money can buy!
US should also reform its grand jury process It is an utterly unjust system prone to copying and abuse by despots, dictators and autocrats
(They take $ from the bail bond & private prison industries) #VoteGreen
*He'll* what?
So you're OK with the nat'l D party ignoring what a huge majority of its voters indicate as a priority for bringing justice & equality to the people? #AlrightyThen
shaun, they’re not! they don’t care about local and state races... they tip toe around things like this... we have to pray and hope the new wave of progressive politicians fight for this.
well i for one am shocked that there is a giant disconnect between the voters of a party and the leadership of the party who are beholden to wealthy donors
Considering the poorest and most crime ridden cities are in blue states & the Dems have done nothing about them, do we really need to ask this question? As long as we keep getting leaders from the Harvard to Congress factory, they get to keep the same $$ in their system.
They only want people who can raise money. People from their circles who then can afford to hire their people that the DNC wants hired. When it comes to inbreeding, the Dems aren't much better than the Cons that way.
I contacted Fl Dem candidates B4 voting asking their positions on cash bail & justice system. We can all do that; call, email, write & get committments. Contact info is on their individual websites. Let them all know how much this matters to us.
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