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A lot of lies, particularly from @JoeBiden, are being told about the 1994 Crime Bill. He was the primary author of it and advocate for it.
He said this week that it didn't impact mass incarceration.
Watch this scene from 13th where they make clear that it did exactly that.pic.twitter.com/Up4YaSyUp6
I am three things. A trained historian, a lifelong civil rights advocate who has pushed for criminal justice reforms now for 22 years, and a journalist who was published over 1,5000 articles on injustice in America. What I am about to say brings those three things together.
ANYONE who says as @JoeBiden said this week, that the 1994 Crime Bill did not expand mass incarceration, is either willfully ignorant or a deliberate liar.
It DOUBLED the number of people in prison in 10 years and nearly TRIPLED it in 20.
Every single expert will tell you this.
Watch right here as the nation’s leading experts each break down what the 1994 Crime Bill did. Here they will describe each facet of the bill and the impact that each part had. It was devastating. And almost ALL of it remains in full effect today.pic.twitter.com/Up4YaSyUp6
Shaun King
No single person fought harder, lied more, and used outrageous fear tactics and racial tropes to get the 1994 Crime Bill passed than @JoeBiden.
I want you to watch the whole video.
He was the primary congressional pit bull for this horrible bill.pic.twitter.com/LDGVqwAgLS
Shaun King
It's not just Biden created the crime bill - it's that he is DEFENDING IT today
I want you to watch @JoeBiden THIS WEEK tell two blatant lies about the 1994 Crime Bill.
Lie #1: The bill only impacted federal crimes
Lie #2: The crime bill did not make mass incarceration worsepic.twitter.com/coNiJyjEYq
2019 @JoeBiden says the 1994 Crime Bill had NOTHING to do w/ states. He's even having his surrogates go out and say the exact same lie.
But I need you to hear 1995 @JoeBiden.
He literally WROTE THE LAWS making sure that states were required to be harsh in order to get funding.pic.twitter.com/eYYRpYgC4D
Yesterday something truly painful happened. A dozen activists wrote me saying they were sick to their stomachs seeing it.
The Biden campaign asked @SymoneDSanders to say that the crime bill only impacted states.
At 1:37 the anchor called their bluff.pic.twitter.com/tKupcvBf7S
Watch @RepBobbyRush
He is the congressmen for the South Side of Chicago.
Watch him, nearly in tears, say the 1994 Crime Bill was the worst thing to happen to the Black community the past 50 years.
And listen to his deep remorse for voting for it.pic.twitter.com/PedaRJjxKE
Shaun King
Shaun, you can lift up Bernie without tearing down others. This particular issue doesn't shine for him either.
Don’t forget Bernie Sanders voted for that Same Crime Bill.
Biden's historic resentment young people and people of color will be his demise, either in the primary or in the general (heaven forbid).
And Anita Hill. And putting Thomas on the scotus.
#JimCrowJoe is trying to pull a fast one.
Shaun, you continue creating an uproar about potential candidates, who may have the best chance of the nomination...with the divisiveness that continues to be created, Trump will be re-elected. Use your platform without dragging other candidates!
Thank you Shaun! Keep up the good work.
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