2018 MD Senate race: on Crime


Arvin Vohra: Drug crime is fake crime; abolish the DEA

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Stricter punishment reduces crime"?

A: Neutral. Most current imprisonment is for fake crime, such as drug crime. If there is no victim, there is no crime. If elected, I will sponsor legislation to end the war on drugs, abolish the DEA, release nonviolent drug users, sellers, traffickers, and kingpins from prison, and cut taxes accordingly.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Maryland Senate candidate Mar 30, 2018

Chelsea Manning: If you live in wrong neighborhood you are in a police state

She touched on her time on prison and the effects imprisonment had on her life. She also touched on mass incarceration and the expanding population of American prisons. "We're not just in the police state. We're also in the prison state," said Manning. "If you're in the wrong neighborhoods in this country, it looks the same as a military occupation in a foreign country." She assured the audience the only way to fix any of these problems is to set apart all of our differences and work together.
Source: Free Press Houston on 2018 Maryland Senate race Dec 20, 2017

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Candidates and political leaders on Crime:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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