Those of you who think that I don't appreciate a father's love for a son...well, I wrote this four years ago (at the urging of @jilldlawrence.bsky.social
But Joe was still wrong to pardon him and he has done damage to the rule of law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/22/joe-biden-hunter-photo-shows-appropriate-father-son-love-column/3728929001/
But Joe was still wrong to pardon him and he has done damage to the rule of law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/10/22/joe-biden-hunter-photo-shows-appropriate-father-son-love-column/3728929001/
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Here we go again with the normalizing of tfg.
President Biden did not interfere in the investigations of his son's crimes.
Did not interfere in the prosecutions.
Did not interfere in the sentencing.
Is now exercising his right to pardon. Where's the ACTUAL violation?
Also:
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-most-controversial-pardons-in-us-history
It’s painful- but your algorithm can’t be all people we agree with.
But, okay!
The "Rule of Law" ceases to exist on Jan 20, 2025
https://youtu.be/NFgKVGPJmtI?si=YwXVkAUr_EzSUjE-
Did you cry like this when Trump pardoned his family members or anyone who ponied up the requisite monies to buy his pardon?
Then again, #SCOTUS Republicans did declare POTUS above the law, and with the incoming fascist Republican government, the "rule of law" is effectively crushed along with American democracy.
So does it really matter anymore?
Not for any benefit, but just for the cruelty and sport.
It morphed into a ridiculous gun charge with a weapon Hunter obtained but never used. He has also paid back the IRS. So, no. Hunter shouldn't serve time in prison. You'd do the same for your kid.
1. Trump would have invented reasons to keep Hunter in jail the way he did Michael Cohen. Charges by a polluted DOJ would be inevitable. Joe ended it.
2. Hunter's gun charge typically doesn't warrant time in jail.
No issue with your appreciation for fathers and sons.
The toothpaste is out of the tube.
Sadly, there is no going back.
The enemy of the people gets a vote.
Must institutionalists always fight with both hands tied behind their backs?
Is it unconstitutional?
The outgoing administration should do what it can legally do to prevent this kind of abuse of office.
We have now entered the wild, wild west.
God help us all.
But, here we be...
Biden has damaged the rule of law? What rule of law does the GOP abide by? Please, that's pretty hypocritical even for a republican, Tom.
How is the rule of law aided by allowing a selective and unambiguously political prosecution with a seriously disproportionate sentence against someone who is a bystander to all of this?
I appreciate your willingness to share articles. I’m always eager to hear informed opinions. Especially so when I disagree. It’s important to consider alternate views.
And it's not like this opens the floodgates for Trump to pardon his own family members or himself, that is probably going to happen no matter what.
It would be folly for Joe to throw him to the amoral dogs of Tr-mpism just to prove a point that voters ignored.
Shame.
A presidential pardon is completely legal, inciting an insurrection on the peaceful transfer of power is not.
Have a good night. We’re on the same side so 💙. No hard feelings.
Reasonable people can disagree on the point where adhering to norms becomes unilateral disarmament, but I have little respect for those who think we’re not past that now.
The case was treated politically by MAGA from day 1. A political solution was necessary.
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021#Jan202021
Disagree
Pardons to a father in law and bannon??
Certainly there are others o don’t recall
The next guy will go after anyone
Can’t blame a father for protecting a contrite son from a predator.
Whoever Trump installs as AG will not be as incompetent as Merrick Garland and damage will be done.
Right or wrong, wise or not, the electorate has cut open a primary artery in democracy’s body and you’re fretting over a fucking paper cut.
GMAFB
Sorry for not being clear!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump
We can have different opinions and that is ok.
Enough if you do not think that the orange moron will do terrible things to Hunter Biden just b/c he can.
You are really delusional about this.
You need to Stop!