CNN "State of the Union" interviews during 2019: on Crime


Pete Buttigieg: Cut federal prison population, encourage states to follow

Q: You rolled out a proposal cutting the number of incarcerated individuals in United States in half. The vast majority of prisoners are not under federal jurisdiction. How would you make that happen?

Buttigieg: The federal government can lead by example with what we're doing in the federal system. We should also be engaging states, pressing them, and helping them get resources to do this the right way. At the federal level, it's going to take a commission gauging how we can best use clemency power to help unwind incarceration that's not meeting the intended goal and doing more harm than good.

Source: CNN State of the Union 2019 interview Jun 16, 2019

Bill de Blasio: Federal policies responsible for mass incarceration crisis

We have a mass incarceration crisis. In our city, we have reduced our jail population about 30%. We're going to close the infamous Rikers Island jail. We are ending the era of mass incarceration in New York City. It's taking a lot of work to finally break free from that. Federal policies were a big part of why untold thousands of people and families had their lives entirely disrupted and in many ways destroyed, because folks who had done very little were sent to very long sentences.
Source: CNN SOTU 2019 interview of presidential hopefuls May 26, 2019

  • The above quotations are from CNN "State of the Union" interviews during 2019
    (Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2019-2020 races).
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2020 Presidential contenders 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)
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)
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)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
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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