Trump turns Biden’s clemency move into a vow to push executions harder
After President Joe Biden commuted most of the federal death row, Donald Trump responded with a promise to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment and framed the move as an insult to victims’ families. The statement sharpened the contrast between the outgoing president’s clemency move and Trump’s law-and-order maximalism, while also re-opening the political fight over federal executions just as his transition was trying to project control.
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Trump turns Biden’s clemency move into a vow to push executions harder
After President Joe Biden commuted most of the federal death row, Donald Trump responded with a promise to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment and framed the move as an insult to victims’ families. The statement sharpened the contrast between the outgoing president’s clemency move and Trump’s law-and-order maximalism, while also re-opening the political fight over federal executions just as his transition was trying to project control.
After President Joe Biden commuted most of the federal death row, Donald Trump responded with a promise to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment and framed the move as an insult to victims’ families. The statement sharpened the contrast between the outgoing president’s clemency move and Trump’s law-and-order maximalism, while also re-opening the political fight over federal executions just as his transition was try…
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