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Biden is the one that wrote the war on drugs bill back in the day. Yeah. He isn't coming up with his policies. He is just a puppet of his presidential apparatus.
What nonsense. Joe Biden did not start the war on drugs.
He is responsible for a lot of policies that resulted in the mass incarceration we have today.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/biden-pardon-weed-offenders-timeline-1234606962/
No, but he wrote the 94 crime bill, which heuristically targeted black people with the 100:1 rule.
Don't forget about supporting segregation! (Side note: yes, he's that old.)
Y'all sure seem to care more about 3 decades ago now than the last two?
It's how far back they have to go to find a criticism that seems valid, if you don't think.
It’s almost like people can change their minds about things over time.
Or politicians will say whatever is popular to maintain wealth and power. Do you not think many right wing spokespeople can be bought and have their minds changed in exchange for money? Does that mean they have changed though? They are still narcissistic.
I've always thought people of all races were people and share the rights as all other human beings. Weird, innit?
Yeah, I have too, but not everyone is like that. Some are raised poorly and have to un-learn racism.
Nobody who voted for segregation because they didn't want their kids living in a "racial jungle" should he the sitting idealogue of the "progressive" party of this country. Sorry, Dems should've put Biden out to pasture months ago.