john r stanton

john r stanton @dcbigjohn

@painter_nancy @ReichlinMelnick The 90s were worse in a lot of ways. The “salvage rider” passed with bipartisan support and basically resulted in a 5 year free for all clear cutting spree across the west. And of course Clinton’s prevention through Deterrence immigration policy, which continues today — PolitiTweet.org

john r stanton @dcbigjohn

@painter_nancy @ReichlinMelnick It was a play to blunt the “democrats are soft on crime” stereotype. So Clinton took it out on an extremely vulnerable population with no political muscle - migrants. And specifically brown migrants from the northern triangle and Mexico — PolitiTweet.org