Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens.

If [Biden] disapproved of the applicable federal law, he should have tried to change it democratically – not swept it aside,” one respondent said.

Trump took aim Tuesday at Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners, adding to the backlash in an unprecedented move that has brought both criticism and praise.