No, DeSantis, you’re not going to repeal the First Step Act

Published May 31, 2023 10:49am ET



Looking to differentiate himself from former President Donald Trump, Florida governor and fellow Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis recently made a campaign promise he has no shot of keeping. DeSantis said that, if elected president, he would repeal the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill signed into law by Trump in 2018.

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