Sen. Sessions praises Trump for calling for death penalty for innocent teens
Donald Trump took an newspaper ad out calling for the death penalty for the “Central Park Five” who were later exonerated.
Click here for reuse options!“That speech was great, and Trump has always been this way,” Sessions, who was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump, said on the Matt & Aunie show on WAPI radio. “He bought an ad — people say he wasn’t a conservative — but he bought an ad 20 years ago in the New York Times calling for the death penalty. How many people in New York, that liberal bastion, were willing to do something like that?”
“So he believes in law and order and he has the strength and will to make this country safer,” Sessions added. “The biggest benefits from that, really, are poor people in the neighborhoods that are most dangerous where most of the crime is occurring. And I think people can come to understand that if the message continues to pound away.”
Trump spent more than $85,000 to publish controversial full-page newspaper ads calling to “BRING THE DEATH PENALTY BACK!” The five men who were sentenced for the rape were later exonerated, but only after they had served their full sentences. The men convicted were all black and Latino and in their mid-teens.
Their wrongful conviction settlement, which ran into millions of dollars, was sharply criticized by Trump. He wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News in 2014 calling the settlement a disgrace.
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11 responses to Sen. Sessions praises Trump for calling for death penalty for innocent teens
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whatthe46 August 18th, 2016 at 17:05
FDT!!!
arc99 August 18th, 2016 at 17:07
the misery of long time Republicans will be dwarfed by our own sadness if somehow, Hillary loses to this guy.
ouch.. don’t even wanna think about it. let’s just not get complacent.
whatthe46 August 18th, 2016 at 17:47
i’m not. i’m reassured everytime this dickwad opens his pie hole.
Suzanne McFly August 18th, 2016 at 17:56
What do you have against dickwads? What has a dickwad ever done to you? lol
whatthe46 August 18th, 2016 at 18:31
depends on the dickwad. LOL
Suzanne McFly August 18th, 2016 at 17:38
So according to sessions, it is now a conservative policy to convict innocent brown and black people, and not only convict, but to give them the death penalty. I am glad someone finally admitted what many have already known. Admitting you can’t control you addiction is your first step, congrats.
Roctuna August 18th, 2016 at 18:48
I think you’ll appreciate this article
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/the-white-obsession-with-perfect-victims-of-police-violence-is-insulting-to-everyones-intelligence/
Suzanne McFly August 18th, 2016 at 20:11
That is an amazing story, I did not know those cops high-fived in Cleveland. It is a sick world we live in when white people can judge others of color but not even take into consideration of the wrongs they have done themselves. I thought this was a powerful sentence in the article (though there were many) “It is to say that once one has done something defined as criminal, one forfeits any right to humane treatment by police;”, again, great article, thank you for sharing.
Roctuna August 18th, 2016 at 20:46
You’re very welcome
Red Mann August 18th, 2016 at 20:48
And people wonder why we despise these hateful Republican a$$holes.
bpollen August 19th, 2016 at 04:05
Well, pretty much only Republican a$$holes would wonder.
Everybody else already knows why.