Trump Floats Death Penalty For Drug Dealers After Touting Clemency For Drug Offenders In SB2020 Ad

So which one is it? Maximum punishment or criminal justice reform?

It would seem as if Donald Trump is being extremely situational with his approach to addressing criminal justice reform. Only a week after his controversial Super Bowl 2020 ad, Trump floats the idea of sentencing drug dealers to death.

The Week reported:

Trump hosted governors from around the country on Monday and gave a wide-ranging speech where he complained about the European Union's apparent bullying and then totally reversed his stance on criminal justice reform. While Trump touted clemency for drug offenders as recently as in his Super Bowl ad, he complimented China's "maximum penalty" for "drug dealers" and how it's led to the country having "very little drug problem."

Trump first complimented what's going on in the authoritarian government of China, and then praised some of the governors in front of him. "States with a very powerful death penalty on drug dealers don't have a drug problem," Trump said, though he added "I don't know if our country is ready for that." []

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