Candidate’s death-penalty stance

Last week, National Public Radio asked Sen. Kamala Harris about her position on the death penalty. She is against it. When pressed further on her stance, she stuck to her guns, saying she is against it for any crime.

NPR tried to get specifics and asked whether the crime of treason would deserve the death penalty. Harris responded, “Not in the United States, no.”

NPR then asked, “There’s nothing that rises to that level?” Her response: “Not in the United States, no.”

Last year, Harris addressed the issue of aborting a child right up until birth, and on Jan. 29, 2018, she tweeted: “Tonight, the Senate is voting on whether to impose a 20-week abortion ban. Women have the constitutional right to make their own decisions about their reproductive health. It shouldn’t be infringed upon. Get out your bullhorns. Everyone should be shouting about this.”

So there we have it. Harris says that treasonists, who endanger the safety of ALL Americans by attempting to violently overthrow the government, or spy on our military for a foreign enemy, should have their lives spared. However, innocent children, who are moments from being born, are not entitled to have their lives spared. And this makes sense?

Harris is a declared candidate for president of the United States.

JoAnn Paslawsky

Tamaqua