Daily Beast: “Criminal-justice reform advocate Alice Johnson spoke on behalf of President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention Thursday night. But that doesn’t mean she supports him in the 2020 election. Appearing Friday on CNN with Jake Tapper—just hours after Trump issued her a full pardon—Johnson explicitly declined to endorse his campaign. During the interview, Tapper pointed out that while she ‘praised President Trump for his compassion’ in commuting her life sentence for a first-time drug offense, she ‘did not formally endorse him’ in her remarks. ‘Was that intentional?’ he asked. ‘Do you endorse him?’ ‘Well, you know, I’m so appreciative of everything the president has done. And of course I support him as a president,’ Johnson replied. She explained that as of Thursday night she did not have the right to vote as a convicted felon and had therefore not yet registered to vote in the 2020 election. ‘So I thought it would have been a little bit hypocritical of me to not be able to vote, and then say, I’m endorsing,’ she said. ‘But I do support the work and things that the president is doing.'”