Democratic Ohio Senator candidate Tim Ryan once called for an end to nationwide cash bail, calling the system “intrinsically unfair.”
Ryan made his comments on the Civil Liberties Forum while he was running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
“A significant portion of those currently in prison are pretrial. Yes, those who have not been convicted are holding a presumption of innocence. Nationally?” asked Jeanne Hruska, former political director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
“Yeah,” Ryan replied in a September 2019 video. And suddenly the parents aren’t home. When we see these kids being separated from their parents by the immigration situation, it’s not much different than what we’re talking about.
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Ryan’s Republican opponent, JD Vance, commented on the video, tweeting that the Democrats refuse to stand up for themselves.
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“Tim Ryan has championed all anti-security ideas coming from the far left. His refusal to stand up for his party has made our streets unsafe,” Vance said. rice field.
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