• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Trump is chasing populism, but the Biden team is not exactly proactively against capital punishment.

    Biden could tell the Justice Department not to pursue the death penalty, but he hasn’t.

    Harris kept the death penalty available when she was California attorney general.

    Through inaction, the Democrats are being equally authoritarian.

    • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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      6 months ago

      Sure but there is currently 0 federal death penalties and he has stated there will be no more while president and kept the illegality of the drugs for lethal injection keeping it hard for states to perform and isn’t buying more.

      He may support the idea of it but isn’t supporting the action of it.

      Making him less authoritarian for sure.
      Not equal. That’s your own bias wanting an outcome. Sorry but no I’m gonna be factual in the ways I think they are problematic not reactionary.