‘You're dipping into the Kool-Aid’: Booker and Biden clash on criminal justice by kadiatubman
At Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Cory Booker challenged Joe Biden’s plan to combat mass incarceration and his role in crafting the 1994 Crime bill, saying the former vice president was trying to evade taking responsibility for legislation that hurt minority communities by sending nonviolent offenders to prison.
Booker’s retort came in an exchange after moderator Jake Tapper of CNN asked the former vice president about the New Jersey senator’s criticism of Biden’s plans. Booker recently referred to Biden’s criminal justice plan as an “inadequate solution to what is a raging crisis in our country.” “And when they get out prison, they should be in a situation where they have access to everything they had before,” he continued, referring to resources such as financial aid for college and public housing.
Booker also pointed to the crime bill Biden crafted when he was a 44-year-old Democratic senator from Delaware that increased penalties for drug crimes. “This is one of those instances where the house was set on fire and you claimed responsibilities for those laws. And you can’t just now come out with a plan to put out that fire.”
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