DC politicians are furious that POTUS won't stop Congress from blocking the new revised criminal code loosening punishments. 'This is about Republicans being able to nationalize this for politics and Democrats caving into this,' a DC councilman said.
On Thursday, Biden tweeted that while he supports D.C. statehood, he doesn't"support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections — such as lowering penalties for carjackings." I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.
"This is about Republicans being able to nationalize this for politics and Democrats caving into this. I mean this an absolute travesty for statehood," D.C. Councilman Charles Allen, a supporter of the D.C. crime bill, said to a local radio station in Washington, D.C. In January, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the major overhaul of the city's criminal code, but the D.C. Council overrode her veto.
“Today has been a sad day for D.C. home rule and D.C. residents’ right to self-governance,” Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton said in a statement. “But with the nationwide increase in crime, most senators do not want to be seen as supporting criminal justice reform.”
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