“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“We have a criminal justice system today that is not only broken, it is racist, got more people in jail than any other country on Earth, including China.”
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“Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail.”
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