Ocasio-Cortez argued that people should consider how the prison system is unjust to minorities when discussing taking away their voting rights.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has weighed in on the debate about whether imprisoned felons should be allowed to vote by suggesting opponents ask a series of questions to themselves to avoid looking"completely and utterly out of touch."
“Because once you start chipping away and you say, 'Well, that guy committed a terrible crime, not going to let him vote. Well, that person did that. Not going to let that person vote,' you're running down a slippery slope,” Sanders said when asked directly about bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. “To avoid looking completely + utterly out of touch w/ the reality our prison system: Instead of asking, ‘Should the Boston Bomber have the right to vote?’ Try, ‘Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?' Bc that question reflects WAY more people,” she tweeted.
One of those who disagrees with Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “You are in prison for a felony, you are paying your debt to society,” he told CNN's New Day.
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