Trust Index: Fact-checking Biden on controversial 1994 crime bill
One of the major issues for Joe Biden during his campaign has been his support of the 1994 crime bill which has been widely criticized as racist. โThe Black caucus voted for it and every Black mayor supported it across the board,โ Biden said. โWhat happened violent actually went down precipitously, remember the rise in violent crime in the late 80s early 90s? Biden is talking about community policing here and the results of the 94 crime bill. According to a Government Accountability Office report violent crime from 1994 to 2000 only fell about 2.5 percent.
He made a mistake,' Michigan Democratic Partys Black Caucus chair says about Biden
The Chair of the Michigan Democratic Partys Black Caucus said Friday Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden should make amends with black voters after a joking remark about who is considered black while on a popular radio show. Bidens comments were however immediately seized by Republicans and Biden-opposers as offensive. In video online, Senate Candidate John James, who is black, said the Bidens comment was out of line. IN response to criticism, Biden campaign advisor Symone D. Sanders, who is also black, said Bidens comments were meant to set himself apart from Mr. Trump.