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Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be as good as each other for criminal justice
This position holds that Trump and Biden would be much the same for criminal justice. It argues that today's system is the product of both Republican and Democratic policy, that Biden's own record resembles Trump's, and that there is bipartisan interest in maintaining the status quo.
Supporting arguments · 2
- Joe Biden's record on criminal justice shows his outlook to be like Trump'sJoe Biden pushed for a tough-on-crime approach in the Democratic party and was a leading advocate of anti-drug legislation. Biden's past actions on criminal justice suggest he has much in common with Trump on this issue.
- There is bipartisan interest in maintaining the status quoThe crises of mass incarceration, drug abuse and police violence in the US are the creations of Republicans and Democrats. There is political consensus against the radical overhaul of the criminal justice system necessary to address these issues.