@MMFlint Had me for a second. With a stroke of a pen, Obama could free more unjustly shackled than Lincoln. But Republicans would riot.
— Dmitri (@Rzhevsky) July 13, 2015
Michael Moore’s fantasy about President Obama freeing 460,000 prisoners incarcerated on drug charges doesn’t necessarily have to be a fantasy. Though President Obama announced today via a Facebook video that he has commuted the sentences of 46 drug offenders, who knows how much ink he has in that famous pen of his?
The Washington Post notes that, “Since the Obama administration announced last year that it would grant clemency to nonviolent drug offenders, more than 35,000 inmates, or about 17 percent of the federal prison population, have applied for early release,” a number which is almost certain to increase after today’s announcement.
The prisoners granted release today were all described a nonviolent drug offenders, although someone should let the fact-challenged Everytown for Gun Safety know that Dunning Wells was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Perhaps Everytown could direct some of its anti-gun hysteria away from Cabela’s and toward the president for setting him free.
@MMFlint "non-violent drug charges" ya, tell that to the ruined families and destroyed lives of drug addicts
— Drew (@Drew675r) July 13, 2015
@MMFlint #Fantasy They all move next to you in your multimillion dollar mansion. pic.twitter.com/c7zBeXO1Xh
— Veruca Salt (@chickiepotpie) July 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/NYJetsFan74/status/620688070006980609
Yes, the president wrote letters to all 46 released today to make sure they “knew they needed to make different choices now that their sentences had been commuted.”
@MMFlint @instapundit Obama wrote personal letter to 46 felons. Has not talked to family of Kathryn Steinle, killed by "non-violent" felon
— Bs106 (@BSull106) July 13, 2015
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