Clinton Surrogate: Sanders’ Done Nothing About Incarceration of Blacks in 34 Years

‘Bernie Sanders has managed to do nothing about that particular issue’

JEFFRIES: "I understand why President Clinton would feel the need to defend the 1994 Crime Bill that he signed into law. There were some good things that were in that bill. And I would also note, I wasn't in Congress at the time, but a majority of the Congressional Black Caucus saw fit at the time to actually support that legislation. Now in retrospect, hindsight is 20-20. It has led to an exacerbation of the mass incarceration phenomenon that we've got in America. We've got to do a lot to correct that to reform our broken criminal justice system. But, you know, there are no winners on either side of this debate. Bernie Sanders was actually in the House of Representatives at the time and voted for the 1994 Crime Bill. And the other thing that we know is Vermont has one of the highest rates of African-American incarceration in the country. And over the last 34 years of public service, Bernie Sanders has managed to do nothing about that particular issue. So more needs to be done. Senator Sanders clearly has got some issues in that area. I understand why President Clinton felt the need to defend what he signed in 1994."
 

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