Article snippet: Representative Ayanna Pressley is pushing back against “pundits” who invoked Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a debate over voting rights for those who are incarcerated. Pressley was responding to a flurry of headlines in the last week over Senator Bernie Sanders’ recent comments that people convicted of crimes, even serious ones, should still be allowed to vote while serving their sentences. His comments were in response to a question from an audience member during a CNN town hall Monday. A Harvard student specifically asked about Tsarnaev in her question about Sanders’ support for enfranchising people convicted of crimes: “Does this mean that you would support enfranchising people like the Boston Marathon bomber, a convicted terrorist murderer?” she asked. Sanders defended his stance, arguing that the removal of voting rights for people convicted of specific crimes is a slippery slope. “If somebody commits a serious crime . . . they’re gonna be punished,” Sanders said. “But I think the right to vote is inherent in our democracy, yes, even for terrible people.” The reference to Tsarnaev sparked controversy and headlines in Boston and elsewhere. But in a series of Twitter posts, Pressley said those who are invoking Tsarnaev to advocate for the continued disenfranchisement of convicted felons are not arguing in good faith. “Don’t dare invoke one of the darkest days of terrorism in MY city to stoke fear and derail a meaningful conversation about fundamen... Link to the full article to read more