Dan Rather said of Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville's comments, 'This is straight up racism.' Activist Rev. AL Sharpton called them “patently racist.” 'I’m not going to say he’s being racist,' Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, said. More reactions:
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, said while he wouldn’t have said “it the same way,”“I’m not going to say he’s being racist. But I wouldn’t use that language, be more polite. But the fact is we can’t ignore we have a 40 to 50 percent violent crime increase,” Bacon said. “And it’s unacceptable. When a guy commits a crime the first time, shame on them. When society releases that same criminal and they create more victims, that’s shame on us for letting that happen.
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