Bernie Sanders says Boston Marathon bomber, sexual assaulters should be allowed to vote
2020 presidential candidate
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday defended his stance for granting voting rights to criminals in prison, including the
Boston Marathon bomber and convicted sexual assaulters.
During a CNN town hall on Monday night, Harvard student Anne Carlstein asked if his position would support “enfranchising people” like Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who she noted is a “convicted terrorist and murderer,” as well as those “convicted of sexual assault,” whose votes could have a “direct impact on women’s rights.”
Sanders first responded by saying he wanted a “vibrant democracy” with “higher voter turnout” and blasted “cowardly Republican governors” who he said were “trying to suppress the vote.”
Bernie Sanders says Boston Marathon bomber, sexual assaulters should be allowed to vote