Today’s episode of CNN This Morning began its segment on Biden’s commutation of the death sentences of 37 federal death row convicts with a clip of then-Senator Biden, in 1994, proclaiming “I’m a death penalty supporter,” and bragging “I’m the guy who wrote this bill with my own little hands,” a bill that added 50 federal death penalty-eligible crimes.
I encourage people to watch Biden’s display. Even death penalty supporters could cringe at his unseemly hubris.
Fast-forward 30 years, and now Biden defenders are explaining his decision yesterday to commute the death sentences of 37 convicts on federal death row in terms of his religious faith. Substitute host Rahel Solomon described Biden as a “devout Catholic” and suggested that religion could explain his decision. Democrat aide Hyma Moore claimed that the decision reflected the fact that Biden “cares…
