Ann Coulter and Tucker Carlson among others have complained Trump helped let hordes of violent criminals onto the streets because of the First Step Act, because the act changed the amount of time off a sentence you could get for good behavior from 15% (computed with funny numbers) to 15% (with real numbers). Somehow the prison system had decided that 15% of a year was 47 days rather than what it is in reality, 54. The first step act allowed for people to get this extra time off that they were supposed to be getting, which meant some criminals got out a few weeks early.
The great thinkers of the right then got all this confused with the rehabilitation program the act was also doing, where people take classes and get time off their sentence, which violent criminals are not allowed to do to get time off their sentence. This all led to Tucker, Ann, and others saying Trump lied and let violent criminals out onto the streets earlier.
“Liberals (and Republicans who boast about @realDonaldTrump's "First Step Act") think all black people either are criminals or support criminals. Crime is about to skyrocket and black Americans will bear a lot of the cost. https://t.co/25XjomeSL3”
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“Tucker takes shots at Jared Kushner/White House for potentially advising Trump AGAINST a pardon for #RogerStone while the "First-Step Act" has allowed rapists & murderers out of prison. And to think, Schlomo is in charge of the campaign #TuckerCarlsonTonight #AmericaFirst...
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