Democrats' death bed conversion on criminal justice reform

Now that Democrats see that they're in deep trouble on the issue of crime, they're experiencing a campaign season 'death-bed' conversion. Swing district Democrats in tight races who once proudly supported criminal justice reform suddenly find themselves converting to law-and-order giants. It's important that voters don't buy the Democrats' 'death-bed' conversions on criminal justice reform. This is just the Democrats' attempt to win difficult races.

Democrats haven't had a change of heart. They've seen the polling. They're realizing that they're in major trouble on crime and law enforcement. So-called moderates like Minnesota's Angie Craig and Dean Phillips are offering excuses why they supported Ilhan Omar-based bail reform then but don't support it now that they're in tight races.

Rep. Angie Craig, who currently represents Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, and Rep. Dean Phillips, who currently represents Minnesota's Third Congressional District, spoke with the Star Tribune. In their interviews, both "distanced themselves from the qualified immunity proponent of the measure and moved to embrace police-friendly messaging. "While I supported much of the Justice in Policing Act, I did not favor the language on Qualified Immunity," Phillips said in a statement to the outlet. "I voted to forward the legislation to the Senate with the hope and expectation that negotiations would generate a compromise." Then there's Craig's excuse-making:

"Knowing what I know now and how attacks on law enforcement have negatively impacted recruitment and retention and morale and how these factors hurt public safety efforts, I think that qualified immunity must remain in place for our law enforcement officers."
Sean Maloney, the chair of the DCCC, made this nonsensical statement about criminal justice reform:

Maloney's mention of mass incarceration is meant to keep black voters voting Democrat. This isn't about doing the right thing. It's about winning elections for the sake of maintaining political power.

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