Republicans SQUASHING Biden's Pardons For Campaign Cash
October 16, 2022
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as posted by the channelRepublican governors are rejecting President Biden's pardons of those who were locked up for possession of marijuana. Ana Kasparian and Wosny Lambre discuss on The Young Turks. Watch TYT LIVE on weekdays 68 pm ET.
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"Republican governors rejecting a new White House call to pardon low-level marijuana offenders have raked in big campaign donations from the private prison industry that has a financial interest in continuing the drug war.
Last Thursday, Joe Biden said he is “calling on governors to pardon simple state marijuana possession offenses.” In response, Republican governors Greg Abbott (TX), Bill Lee (TN), and Asa Hutchinson (AR) issued statements brushing off the request.
Those three governors have raked in more than $263,000 from donors linked to the private prison industry, which profits off tough-on-crime policies and incarceration. In all, the private prison industry has funneled more than $1 million into state elections in the last four years, mostly to Republicans.
Additionally, since 2020, two private prison giants alone — CoreCivic and the GEO Group — have dumped more than $1.7 million into the Republican Governors Association, which bankrolls GOP gubernatorial campaigns across the country. Meanwhile, the industry has spent more than $8.5 million on state lobbying in the last three years.
The dynamic hints at the next obstacle in efforts to reform the nation’s drug laws. As more state lawmakers face pressure to decriminalize or legalize marijuana, the prison industry, backed by campaign donations, could intensify its efforts to preserve drug-war policies that maintain current incarceration rates — and its profits."
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