(Breitbart)
The National Football League has come out in full support of President Donald Trump’s prison reform bill.
Trump has been pushing his First Step Act, intended to decrease America’s jail population, an idea that the NFL apparently supports, Mediaite reported.
“The National Football League applauds the leadership of the President and bipartisan Members of Congress on criminal justice reform,” NFL VP of Communications Jocelyn Moore said in a statement on Wednesday. “We offer our full support for the revised First Step Act and urge passage this year.”
While some have expressed opposition to the bill, Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he intends to bring the bill championed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to the floor of the U.S. Senate before the end of the year.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), one of the main opponents of the bill, has said he is concerned the First Step Act may offer early release from prison to many violent criminals and convicts, which he and other opponents say put the country’s safety and security at risk. Read more
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