Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.
Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price.
Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
That's a weird claim, when the Central Park Five were speakes at the DNC, probably the most well known symbol against death penalty.
And the democrats have both a presidential candidate and VP candidate that are clearly against the death penalty.Download the party program pdf:
Link to page:
https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/Direct link to download:
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-Democratic-Party-Platform.pdfPage 38 of the party program:
>And Democrats continue to support abolishing the death penalty.Article is bullshit because the claim in the headline:
Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance.
Is easily refuted by the facts of the policies of their candidates.
And the claim below the headline:
remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
Is evidently false. It's right there on page 38 of their official program!!!
I was unable to find any mention of it in the 2024 platform. But then they didn't even have time to change the names in it. So I'm not sure what, if anything, it actually signifies.
Here's a link to the 2024 platform. It does not include the quoted line from the 2020 platform document, or any other reference to "death penalty".
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf
Imagine how wonderful it would be, if journalists linked sources that are essential to their story.
That said, this is not their official program, it's based heavily on Biden policies, not Kamala Harris.
I imagine with Harris as their new candidate, democrats will make a new program. As it is, this program is basically meaningless. Both Harris and Walz strongly oppose death penalty.
So I maintain the story is grossly misleading. As is evident by the invitation of one of the Exonerated Five to the DNC.
The only stance Democrats won't abandon is their support for Netanyahu's genocide.
They step right, we meet them in the new middle.
How's that ratchet go again?
They keep bragging about many Republicans they had on stage. Great, I guess the Democrats are just the Republicans from 10-20 years ago if those speakers find the current Democratic party palatable. I'm sure that will rally people to vote blue like they did in 2008. Was it caving on immigration, peace, and crime what made Obama so popular?
This is why I think it's not impossible that we'll have a party swap where these right wing politicians all become the new democratic party and the progressives fuck off to form a new left wing.
Is anyone surprised after hearing her acceptance speech?
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I think it's fine. I'm tired of the 2 parties and the checklists for each.
So your problem is that there are checklists?
Yep. It's normal for someone's views to be divergent. Obviously my opinion isn't popular (oh well) but it's common for folks to hold views from each party.
For example, I'm on the left but enjoy my 2nd amendment rights. Does that mean I'm pro-gun? No way. I think we should be limited to handguns for home protection and hunting rifles for hunting, also to include mandatory licensing and membership in a regulated militia as requirements for ownership. That doesn't put me squarely in either party.
The examples go on an on, but overall I'm tired of having 2 parties and a neat little list that we should subscribe to so that we "belong."
Sir, we are not supposed to talk about Project Mayhem.