President Donald Trump is a big fan of Singapore’s use of the death penalty for drug trafficking offenses and often tells confidants that drug dealers should be punished with the death penalty, Axios reported Sunday evening, citing sources who have spoken with the President.
Trump has said that he would like a law allowing for the execution of drug dealers but has acknowledged that such a law would likely never pass, per Axios.
Kellyanne Conway told Axios that Trump is not advocating for harsher punishment for low-level drug offenses but wants to crack down on those responsible for trafficking large amounts of deadly drugs.
Read Axios full report here.
Traitors, too. What say, Drumpf?
I believe that one’s already on the books. Might be time to dust it off and check, though.
This is wonderful news. Is he going to start with the Big Pharma executives who push millions of opiate pills through small rural pharmacies?
The death penalty should be reserved for white collar crimes which have a heinous impact on a large number of people—if it is applied to anyone at all, and I’m not in favor of that.
Nevertheless, if you execute criminals, let it be the soulless Madoffs and Lays, whose predatory behavior leads to great suffering for multitudes.
Even better, use the death penalty on executives who knowingly cut corners on safety in an egregious manner, which provably causes deaths.
If you go after the methbillies, Dotard, you are cutting in to your base.