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The Other McCain thinks that, yes, it is. Me? I agree completely. I mean Fetterman is soft on murderers for God sake
Now, my friends, that goes a tad beyond “soft on crime”. So, there is little doubt that, yes, he IS soft on criminals, violent criminals. The Other McCain has more
A few recent headlines about an important controversy:
Fetterman slams Oz demand that
he fire ‘wrongfully convicted’ brothers
who received clemency over 1993 murder
— Business Insider, Sept. 1
Did John Fetterman Hire Convicted
Murderers for Campaign as Dr. Oz Claims?
— Newsweek, Sept. 1
Dr. Oz Demands Fetterman
Fire ‘Convicted Murderers’
— Who Were Granted Clemency
— Politico, Sept. 1
Fetterman accuses Dr Oz
of ‘sad and desperate smear’
with misleading claim he
hired ‘convicted murderers’
— UK Independent, Sept. 2
This is an important controversy, as I say, because it highlights both Fetterman’s policy toward crime and justice issues, as well as his judgment and honest (or lack thereof). The two convicted murderers Fetterman hired on his campaign staff are Lee and Dennis Horton.
The Horton Brothers are an important issue, they were granted clemency. Their lack of innocence, however, is truth, not fiction. The Other McCain offers up a report on their crime.
It was the armed robbery of a Philadelphia bar:
The evidence adduced at trial established that on May 31, 1993, [Lee Horton], his brother Dennis Horton (“Dennis”), and a coconspirator Robert Leaf (“Leaf”) robbed Filito’s Bar located at 5th and Hunting Park Avenue. During the course of the robbery, Dennis, who was brandishing a rifle, shot Samuel Alemo multiple times. He later died from his gunshot wounds. Dennis also shot Luz Archella and her daughter Luz Martinez, injuring both. After leaving the bar, the three men fled in a blue automobile. A passerby was able to supply a description of the vehicle and a partial license plate number. A radio call was sent out, which included a description of the three assailants, their vehicle, and the last four digits of the license plate. A police officer observed the vehicle a short time later only a mile from the crime scene and placed [Horton] and his companions under arrest. Police recovered a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle from the backseat of the car as well as a black pellet gun under the front passenger seat. Ballistics testing identified the rifle as the same weapon used during the robbery at Filito’s. [Horton], Dennis, and Leaf were taken to the hospital where Martinez and her daughter, as well as another bar patron Miguel DeJesus, identified them as the robbers. . . . The evidence shows that [Horton] entered the bar with Leaf and Dennis, who were both armed. [Lee Horton] took money from a bar patron while Leaf held a gun to the patron’s head. [Horton] remained present when Dennis opened fire on two other bar patrons and murdered Alemo. He then fled the bar together with Leaf and Dennis, and was arrested with them a short time later. . . . Regardless who opened fire, [Horton] remains liable as an accomplice for any resulting deaths as well as any other crimes committed that night at Filito’s bar during the robbery.
These two men, now serve on Fetterman’s campaign staff. Again, media spin aside, my opinion aside, Fetter hired two convicted murderers on his staff. If that is not soft on crime, then I know not how to define the term frankly. LOTS more at The Other McCain, go read the rest
