It's not just that I am bothered by "something he said" in the early 90s. Joe Biden was the primary architect of mass incarceration. In this full clip he starts out by saying he's frustrated Republicans want more credit for it. These laws are still in effect today.https://twitter.com/SymoneDSanders/status/1124313843969273856 …
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Well, 70% of the CBC also voted for the 1994 Crime Bill and for two good reasons: 1.) They wanted it and their constituents were asking for it ans 2.) They knew that the GOP alternative would have been more draconian and this was the best deal they could get. So there's that.
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Sure. I will. But my point is that, looking at 1994 through our understanding of things in a 2019 context overlooks just how bad things were in the 80's and 90's. We romanticize it now, but the streets were legit dangerous and the '94 Crime Bill was something people wanted.
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I am telling you that that's not what I am doing.
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