Last week, at the opening of a justice-reform conference held at Benedict College, President Trump received a Bipartisan Justice Award in recognition of his part in the passage of the First Step Act, the criminal-justice-reform law he signed late last year. The title of the New York Times report on Trump's acceptance of the award captured the flavor of his remarks: “In Criminal Justice Speech, Trump Belittles Obama's Efforts for Black People.” But whether or not Trump cares to admit it, his race-related policies are much closer to Obama's than those of virtually all the current Democratic presidential candidates.
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