Republicans criticized President Joe Biden for being “soft on crime” after the White House announced his decision to commute the sentences of nearly all inmates on federal death row.
Sen. Tom Cotton writes: “Joe Biden is a confused, corrupt and demented loser. The White House has become a memory care facility as Biden is enslaved by his corrupt children and Marxist staff. lead.
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President Biden delivered an economic speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, the United States on December 10, 2024. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarck/File Photo)
Cotton is the incoming chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) told Fox News Digital in a statement: “It’s unfortunate given the Biden-Harris administration has allowed murderers and rapists to pass through for the past four years. Coming in from our southern border, it’s not surprising.
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“Violent murderers should not receive reduced sentences. We must end soft-on-crime policies,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said on X.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, called the move “a slap in the face to the families who have suffered so much at the hands of these animals.”
While Republicans expressed their displeasure, Biden’s announcement was celebrated by some Democrats.
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On November 19, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (center) is accompanied by U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (left) and U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (right) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 2024 (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
“Today’s decision by the President establishes a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and ensures that these individuals no longer pose a threat to public safety, but does not address the myriad issues associated with the death penalty. I have long advocated the abolition of the death penalty. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, “We respect the federal death penalty and commend President Biden for this act of justice and mercy and his leadership,” Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin said in a statement. ”
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Rep. Jayapal expressed appreciation for the Biden administration. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat and chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in her statement, “This is a historic day in America. We thank President Biden for taking this extraordinary action. Sparing 37 people facing the death penalty is discriminatory and fundamentally discriminatory.
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She has previously encouraged the government to take such action.
Biden’s commutations come after he commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people, the largest act of pardons in a single day.
