murders of law enforcement agents. the article goes on the say that by electing promised a radical departure from the primitive law and order policies of the past. what do you make of this trend? i think law enforcement, we ve seen it swing back and forth. i think there s tough on crime, i think we are starting to move away from that that we saw through the 80s in the war on drugs, the crack cocaine epidemic we saw in our major cities. we saw in the team- 16, the violent crime rate go up at the end of the obama administration for what i believe is an inflammation of a lot of these policies and i think it s dangerous. we are going to go back to strong law enforcement and making sure that we take bad people off the streets because at the end of the day, you see in some of these major cities that are both sanctuary cities
have been unintended or not that was done from the 94 bill, some of which she s addressing in her remarks? reverend al, you were one of the few people who thought that crime bill was a bad idea in 1994. what we now know is that it was a huge mistake. but you have to remember where we were as a country. we were at the beginning stages of the crack cocaine epidemic in this country, and many people didn t understand the differences between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. that being said, the 1994 crime bill was supported by many senators, including senator bernie sanders, many people forget that he also voted for that bill. also by african-american mayors across this country and by the clinton administration, which was friendly to the african-american community. so now and the congressional black caucus, many of the congressional black caucus, i might add was fighting on this.
are suffering under the tariffs, especially soybean farmers and also people who worked in auto and manufacturing, auto jobs, they are in trouble. there is a gm plant that has been idled in northeast ohio, and that affects a whole chain of businesses. last night the opioid crisis was brought up. i know that s an important issue in ohio. is that something that resonated with voters there? laura. i think it resonates with white voters because that s what the opioid crisis has in particular hit. it started out with rural, white ohioans. at one point, we were having 13 people a day were dying from opioid overdoses. the deaths seem to be decreasing, although it still is a problem. we had some more urban voters of color. there is a feeling like, why weren t you guys this concerned during the crack-cocaine epidemic? so, yeah, i think that opioids
colombia. now they are sending tons and tons of cocaine to make crack. all the cocaine coming into the united states fuels violence in the streets of the city, it fuels addiction. it fuels the breakup of families. it s not something that is good for society. the crack cocaine epidemic in the united states produces massive profits for the columbian car tells. drug lords were making hundreds of millions, possibly billions of dollars at this point. they ll stop at nothing. american authorities say it was the cartel that ordered the murder of nine columbian supreme court justices and the attorney general, the murder of a key federal witness in baton rouge, louisiana and the murders in miami of dozens of rival drug bosses. 1993 killed on the roof top. drugs didn t slow down a bit.
now they are sending tons and tons of cocaine to make crack. all the cocaine coming into the united states fuels violence in the streets of the city, it fuels addiction. it fuels the breakup of families. it s not something that is good for society. the crack cocaine epidemic in the united states produces massive profits for the columbian car tells. drug lords were making hundreds of millions, possibly billions of dollars at this point. they ll stop at nothing. american authorities say it was the cartel that ordered the murder of nine columbian supreme court justices and the attorney general, the murder of a key federal witness in baton rouge, louisiana and the murders in miami of dozens of rival drug bosses. 1993 killed on the roof top. drugs didn t slow down a bit. in fact, other car tells stepped right into that void.