• VHS [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      Biden’s was like that as well. Ridiculous to be running on no policy, but of course they don’t want to be held to anything vaguely progressive that they promise

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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        Before the 2020 election - Biden’s site had loads of policy positions. At r/politics a lib told me Biden was for stuff like ending cash bail. I didn’t believe that was remotely possible so I went to the Criminal Justice Policy page at joebiden.com. I ended up reading the entire page. It made me infuriated because every single word was a lie. In fact - I assume Biden farmed out writing it to “progressives” so it sounded authentic and then Biden’s team then tweaked the language and/or demanded changes. It sounded anti-Biden. For example “Cash bail is the modern-day debtors’ prison.”

        Joe Biden’s Criminal Justice Policy

        End cash bail: Cash bail is the modern-day debtors’ prison. The cash bail system incarcerates people who are presumed innocent. And, it disproportionately harms low-income individuals. Biden will lead a national effort to end cash bail and reform our pretrial system by putting in place, instead, a system that is fair and does not inject further discrimination or bias into the process.

        https://archive.ph/wGxBY