Cotton rips Biden's death row commutations as ‘politically convenient’

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) bashed President Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 of 40 individuals on federal death row, calling the move “politically convenient.”

“Once again, Democrats side with depraved criminals over their victims, public order, and common decency,” Cotton said on the social platform X.

The senator added, “Democrats can’t even defend Biden’s outrageous decision as some kind of principled, across-the-board opposition to the death penalty since he...