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"Last night a federal judge sentenced Paul Manafort, who is 69 years old, to 47 months in prison for financial crimes Special Counsel Robert Mueller uncovered during his probe into the Trump campaign's interactions with Russia.
The major media — which had been hyping the former Trump campaign manager "spending the rest of his life prison" — was, to put it plainly, furious.
Reporters and anchors angrily decried the sentencing as a mockery of justice, claiming it was an example of racism at work.
MSNBC's Eddie Glaude Jr. said the sentence shows white people “matter more” than others.
"Look, the sentencing gap reflects what I call the value gap," Glaude said. "Underneath the sentencing gap, just as underneath the empathy gap and the wealth gap is the value gap. And the value gap is the belief that white people matter more than others, particularly white people with money matter more than others.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked the judge for “damaging American democracy” and acting like a Trump fanatic...
And that’s just a sampling.
For more, check out the video montage at the link above."
For more, check out the video montage at the link above."
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