Trump on The First Step Act: After Years of Waiting We Assembled a Historic Coalition

‘The most significant criminal justice reform in many generations’

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TRUMP: "After years of waiting, we assembled a historic coalition, and it was indeed historic. We had them so liberal you wouldn't believe it and so conservative you wouldn't believe it, and they got together. I said, how did we do that one? But it was a beautiful thing to watch, it really was. We rallied activists and faith leaders, and law enforcement, and lawmakers alike. We worked across party lines very strongly. After all of the work and effort, we passed the bill and I proudly signed it into law, the most significant criminal justice reform in many generations. We call it the First Step Act. I sort of like the idea of just calling it criminal justice reform. But First Step is good, because that allows a second step and a third step and that's okay, because we can go there too.”

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