Political Quotes

“And prosecuting attorneys from his own State. When, however, the Senator from Delaware says that his compromise was endorsed by the National District Attorneys Association and by the Association of Attorneys General, he is exaggerating to a certain degree. The National Association of Attorneys General did not endorse the Biden compromise. It might very well have been he got agreement from a slight majority of individual attorneys general. He did not get the support of the majority of attorneys general from States which impose capital punishment. When the board of directors of the National District Attorneys Association, a relatively small group, endorsed the Biden compromise, there was literally an uprising across the country among the members of that association. Undoubtedly, the board of directors, having worked for 7 months with the very distinguished and forceful Senator from Delaware who wished to do something in this area, figured that they better endorse the Biden compromise or they might get something worse. They did not have their troops with them.”