{"id":1000120,"date":"2021-11-11T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000120"},"modified":"2021-11-11T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:44:10","slug":"rep-jeffries-criminal-justice-reform-advocate-blasted-on-twitter-after-saying-lock-up-kyle-rittenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jeffries-criminal-justice-reform-advocate-blasted-on-twitter-after-saying-lock-up-kyle-rittenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jeffries, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate, Blasted on Twitter After Saying \u2018Lock Up\u2019 Kyle Rittenhouse\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-jeffries-criminal-justice-reform-advocate-blasted-on-twitter-after-saying-lock-up-kyle-rittenhouse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1188056047-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Social media users called out Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after he called for Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s incarceration on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key,\u201d tweeted Jeffries while Rittenhouse\u2019s trial was airing live on television.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6923076923077\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/1458547713381896193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Jeffries is a critic of America\u2019s criminal justice system, and has often criticized the country for jailing too many citizens.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd. Mass. Incarceration. Defund The Prison Industrial Complex,\u201d Jeffries tweeted in June 2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8695652173913\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">End. Mass. Incarceration.<\/p>\n<p>Defund The Prison Industrial Complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/1277637300244156416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As recent as March 2021, Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/jeffries-armstrong-sentences-cocaine-56eef99a-8448-4cfd-8899-099a3c465703.html\"><span>called<\/span><\/a> mass incarceration a \u201cstain on our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many social media users quickly pointed out the hypocrisy of Jeffries wanting Rittenhouse to be jailed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.222222222222\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For someone who has (rightly) dedicated much of his work to reforming the criminal justice system, this is really disappointing. <\/p>\n<p>Principles should remain consistent, no matter how unsympathetic you find the defendant to be. Otherwise they\u2019re meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Binion (@billybinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybinion\/status\/1458595813211316225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed dude?\u201d one user questioned.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.4509803921569\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakeemjeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hakeemjeffries<\/a>  what changed dude? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pNs0qqQB0f\">pic.twitter.com\/pNs0qqQB0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NKLyles (@LylesNk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LylesNk\/status\/1458587976171237377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis you?\u201d asked radio host Dan O\u2019Donnell.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.2197802197802\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BbsaKaeiXb\">pic.twitter.com\/BbsaKaeiXb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1458581239640862722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1774193548387\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why politicians rarely accomplish criminal justice reform. Because they always abandon principles in the name of politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christie Smythe (@ChristieSmythe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristieSmythe\/status\/1458583418443288577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others lambasted the congressman for commenting on a local trial that is happening outside of his congressional district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a sitting congressman commenting on a jury trial as it happens. Very disturbing,\u201d tweeted<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>Fox News senior editor Will Ricciardella.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a sitting congressman commenting on a jury trial as it happens. Very disturbing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UeytpcUlg\">https:\/\/t.co\/8UeytpcUlg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Ricciardella (@WillRicci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillRicci\/status\/1458584550808948741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7142857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sitting member of congress and chair of House Democratic Caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q8R0J3ATVL\">https:\/\/t.co\/q8R0J3ATVL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1458584247694888964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rittenhouse is on trial for the shooting of three men that happened during a 2020 Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He took the stand in his own trial on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users called out Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after he called for Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s incarceration on Wednesday afternoon. \u201cLock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key,\u201d tweeted Jeffries &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}