Kim Kardashian West praised President Trump’s campaign for focusing on criminal justice reform during its Super Bowl advertisement.
Kardashian West, 39, championed the story of Alice Johnson, a woman who was facing life in prison for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. During a Monday interview on ABC, she was asked if she was offended that Trump’s campaign did not reference her in the advertisement featuring Johnson.
“No, not at all,” the reality star and businesswoman said. “I’m just so happy for Alice, that she’s getting that recognition, and, honestly, I’m happy that the president is really backing the issue because there’s so much [that] has to be changed, and to put out a commercial like that, supporting that issue, is amazing.”
Kardashian West met with Trump in the Oval Office in 2018 to discuss criminal justice reform and Johnson’s case. Trump went on to commute Johnson’s sentence that June after she served nearly 22 years in prison, a decision Kardashian West called the “best news ever.”
In the Super Bowl ad, Johnson said, “I’m free to hug my family. I’m free to start over. This is the greatest day of my life. My heart is just bursting with gratitude. I want to thank President Donald John Trump.”
In addition to commuting Johnson’s sentence, Trump signed the First Step Act into law in 2018, which allowed for the early release of some nonviolent offenders, among other changes to the federal prison system.
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