President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday after Biden commuted the sentences of 37 convicted killers on death row, including a man who murdered a police officer and a man who kidnapped and murdered a 12-year-old girl.
Biden announced the commutations on Monday, two days before Christmas, saying in a statement that he has “dedicated [his] career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system.”
“Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!”
Biden was also blasted by Republicans in Congress while some Democrats defended his move.
“Joe Biden is using his last days in office to spare the worst monsters in America. These killers were sentenced to death by a jury of their peers and then had a lengthy and burdensome appeals process,” said Sen. Tom Cotton.
“Thomas Sanders killed Suellen Roberts in front of her 12-year-old daughter Lexis. Sanders then kidnapped Lexis, drove her across the country before torturing and killing her,” Cotton added. “Kaboni Savage, is a mass-murdering drug lord whose victims included small children. A jury sentenced Savage to 13 death sentences, but Joe Biden thinks he knows better. Jorge Torrez is a serial rapist and murderer. His victims include an 8-year-old, a 9-year-old, and a 20-year-old Naval officer named Amanda Jean Snell. She was strangled in her barracks. Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez executed an entire family of four, including two young boys, on the side of a Florida highway.”
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) added, “It’s unconscionable. The President’s pardon power is being abused by @JoeBiden to carry out a miscarriage of justice. The rule of law depends on our faith in it. @JoeBiden isn’t the only problem… it’s the radical leftists destroying the rule of law. This is ending.”
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Democrats, such as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), applauded Biden’s commutations.
“The President’s decision today provides accountability with a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and ensures that these individuals never again pose a threat to public safety, but without implicating the myriad issues associated with capital punishment,” Durbin said.
Pressley, a far-Left member of the “Squad,” argued that the death penalty is “racist, flawed, and fundamentally unjust.”
“By taking this historic action, President Biden is demonstrating the type of moral leadership this moment demands,” she added.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.
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President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday after Biden commuted the sentences of 37 convicted killers on death row, including a man who murdered a police officer and a man who kidnapped and murdered a 12-year-old girl.
Biden announced the commutations on Monday, two days before Christmas, saying in a statement that he has “dedicated [his] career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system.”
“Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!”
Biden was also blasted by Republicans in Congress while some Democrats defended his move.
“Joe Biden is using his last days in office to spare the worst monsters in America. These killers were sentenced to death by a jury of their peers and then had a lengthy and burdensome appeals process,” said Sen. Tom Cotton.
“Thomas Sanders killed Suellen Roberts in front of her 12-year-old daughter Lexis. Sanders then kidnapped Lexis, drove her across the country before torturing and killing her,” Cotton added. “Kaboni Savage, is a mass-murdering drug lord whose victims included small children. A jury sentenced Savage to 13 death sentences, but Joe Biden thinks he knows better. Jorge Torrez is a serial rapist and murderer. His victims include an 8-year-old, a 9-year-old, and a 20-year-old Naval officer named Amanda Jean Snell. She was strangled in her barracks. Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez executed an entire family of four, including two young boys, on the side of a Florida highway.”
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) added, “It’s unconscionable. The President’s pardon power is being abused by @JoeBiden to carry out a miscarriage of justice. The rule of law depends on our faith in it. @JoeBiden isn’t the only problem… it’s the radical leftists destroying the rule of law. This is ending.”
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Democrats, such as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), applauded Biden’s commutations.
“The President’s decision today provides accountability with a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and ensures that these individuals never again pose a threat to public safety, but without implicating the myriad issues associated with capital punishment,” Durbin said.
Pressley, a far-Left member of the “Squad,” argued that the death penalty is “racist, flawed, and fundamentally unjust.”
“By taking this historic action, President Biden is demonstrating the type of moral leadership this moment demands,” she added.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.
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