Larry the Legend wrote:
Ha! I guarantee he was backed into a corner when he said that. No way would he do that voluntarily, on the merits. No, that had to be coerced out of him.
It surprised me that he did it without coercion, but he said the First Step Act was going to be good for felons of all races, but especially for black felons, who are incarcerated at rates higher than other races. You don't have to like his positions, but you have to respect his intellectual honesty.