DETROIT - Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and Senator Cory Booker traded accusations over their criminal justice records on Wednesday, with Booker calling the former U.S. vice president an “architect of mass incarceration” and Biden slamming Newark’s “stop and frisk” policing when Booker was mayor.
“For a guy who helped to be an architect of mass incarceration, this is an inadequate solution to what is a raging crisis in our country,” Booker, who is black, told reporters after appearing at the annual NAACP convention in Detroit. Biden’s deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield later responded with a statement raising questions about Booker’s record as mayor of Newark, a majority African-American city he led from 2006 to 2013.
Democrats have intensified their efforts to win over black voters, one of the party’s most loyal constituencies, after the first decline in African-American turnout in 20 years in the 2016 election. That helped sink Hillary Clinton and contribute to Trump’s upset win. Biden’s early lead in the nominating contest has been fueled in part by strong support from black voters. But he has slipped in the polls since the first debate last month with U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, who criticized his opposition to federally mandated busing to integrate schools in the 1970s and his willingness to work with segregationist senators.
“We have now a systemic issue and too many African Americans in jail right now, so I think we should shift the whole focus from what we were doing in terms of incarceration to rehabilitation,” he said.
Nice fighting boys. Time for a woman KamalaHarris
Times has changed. People change. In 20 or 30 yrs. Times will change again. Let`s keep up with the times so that we can change them for the better. Joe Biden All The Way. Save The USA !🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
FYI: Corey Booker is the guy at the debate on July 31st standing between Castro and Biden. (He hasn’t got a chance in hell of being nominated.)
Booker is s chump. He needs to drop out
This booker guy and ms harris are always ganging up on joe biden for something that happened over many moons ago. People can learn from their mistakes snd change ok
You can make up the attack ads yourself... Why is Biden only NOW wanting to fix the 1994 Crime Bill Why is Biden only NOW wanting to decriminalize pot Why is Biden only Now wanting to raise the min wage Not even getting into the Anita Hill stuff... TOO MUCH BAGGAGE!
Biden was right in 1994 and would still be right today. FirstStepAct was a lie, Trump turned violent felons loose.
How many years ago - 25 Get off it Booker take Trump on if you want to attack a racist
Blah blah blah neither one can stop Trump!!!
Healthcare for illegals.
Bookers trying to recover his 1% bounce from the last time!
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