President Trump’s re-election campaign fired back Wednesday at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for arguing that convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and other violent criminals should be allowed to vote from prison, calling the idea “deeply offensive.”"The extremity and radicalism of the 2020 Democrats knows no bounds,” Trump campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Fox News. “Giving imprisoned terrorists, sex offenders, and murderers the right to vote is an outrageous proposal that is deeply offensive to innocent victims across this country, some of whom lost their lives and are forever disenfranchised by the very killers that 2020 Democrats seek to empower." BERNIE SANDERS SAYS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER, SEXUAL ASSAULTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTEThe statement offered a preview of sorts of the battle to come between Trump's campaign and the still-evolving Democratic field. Sanders' statement about voting rights for inmates drew in the Trump campaign after generating controversy all week. "Yes, even for terrible people.”Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News April 24, 2019 18:11 UTC