At 12:35 am ET, the president decreed that he was nullifying President Biden’s preemptive pardons of members of the January 6 committee, an assertion of a power the Constitution does not bestow.
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For everyone doubting that Trump can declare Biden’s pardons “void, vacant, & of no further force or effect”
President Biden was already found mentally incompetent to stand trial as a result of Hurr’s investigation. It was read into the Congressional Record on February 14, 2024
You’re missing the point. Trump himself in his statement says “the pardons…that the…committee gave..”, indicating that he himself acknowledges they are actual pardons. And yet he thinks he has the Constitutional power to rescind a pardon?
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
There are plenty of people on X who align with your way of thinking. This space does not need to be infected.
Not sure how much in denial you have to be to not be willing to see what is happening in front of you, or, to continue to try and excuse what is happening. I imagine you are an educated woman. Do your own research, read widely. Don’t rely on Fox News to bring non fiction to your attention.
You would know meth better than I would. And nobody loves Nazis more than the left. They see them everywhere and have been drawing them on Teslas all weekend.
He never condemned the seig heil despite constantly pretending he cares about the Jewish plights. Jake is money hungry. Willing to sell his soul. It will come back at him. Karma is alive.
(psst ... the power to back up such propositions is held by the same person making them. congress and the courts don't have any guns to enforce their decrees.)
More evidence that during both the Biden admin and the Biden then Harris election campaign, the Dems brought a Swiss army knife to a gun fight.
With the results we can all see....
Trump continues to show that’s he’s an imbecile. This rant was a distraction (again) so he could change his golf scorecard to reflect he’s (again) the “club champion”. A president can’t revoke another president’s pardons , and I’ve seen his swing, he sucks, and no club has a championship in March
Since when does he follow the law or constitution 😒 And people let him. Many people. Until more people wake up and stand up, we're forked for a little while 😢
Nothing he is doing is legal or sane. The 25th amendment must be invoked. No President can cancel another Presidents pardons. Otherwise, every single one of those J6 criminals better be prepared to go back to prison once FOTUS leaves and the next POTUS rescinds his pardons. If that's how it works
Most of the 78 year old’s I have ever known or worked with were asleep this time of night getting their rest and up early to go next day unless it was the ones in the Dementia ward ,, that roamed all night ,,,
The orange shit stain is pissed bc he can't persecute Liz, Adam, etal. If the SCOTUS allows these constitutional pardons to be reversed, every American citizen should storm the Supreme Court and drag those traitors out of their offices.
Yes we can, Biden created one when he was not Present when the Pardons were signed by proxy Auto Pen), you know, what the Constitution says….He was on St. Croix when the Pardons were signed in Washington D.C.
Where is your reporting on the felons mental acuity? Until I see that I will view your new book with great skepticism. YOU sane washed this guy into office. Shame on you forever.
How are we not past the point of pretending the constitution is relevant? We have actual Nazis in power demanding a violent response. Can we stop reporting like it’s just another day in politics?
Everyday The Orange Menace reaches a new low. I never would have imagined that a POTUS would give the middle finger to Congress, the courts and to the majority of the American people.
More likely that the US will descend into anarchy and chaos than into authoritarianism. The nation will take its cue from an administration dismantling norms and guard rails which will lead to a dangerous, potentially very violent free-for-all.
If leaders or administrations actively undermine institutions like the judiciary, free press, or electoral systems, it could lead to a breakdown of order
Loss of Trust in government too can be one
I see these and yes it’s bad. But what is worse than this is allowing 1000’s of gang members and and other criminals to invade our country via open border policy. Would you feel safer in an empty parking lot at midnight in Denver with a tren de aragua member or a Jan 6 defendant?
Tell that to Laken Riley’s family. Tell that to the prison guards who have dealt with them. Tell that to the victims of violence by these people. You’re blind man.
Fuck you crooked motherfucking Trump. You’re the crooked one you’re the fucking liar. You’re the fucking rapist. You’re the fucking Putin loving bitch Hitler, loving bitch destroying our country you fuck wad bitch you should’ve been hung by the neck long ago for treason.
If you think that the cunt gives a rats ass about the constitution you are sadly mistaken.
His spineless MAGA senators and Congressional representatives will do nothing about it either
I’m betting that if hearings are opened up for any members of the January 6 committee, martial law will be declared
You are partly to blame. Biden did so much to restore decency and to keep us safe, but you had to go after him and ignore a convicted narcissist who’s doing everything to destroy our country and erase its history. Biden had the best people around him and I could sleep at night.
And yet, you're still not going to challenge a single Nazi talking head that you have on your show about this, WILL YOU? No, you'll be yukking it up with Scott Jennings later today as he says this is totally cool.
Why didn't you say this on Twitter instead of repeating a quote from some anonymous fascist dipshit in his administration saying it's about starting a conversation about Biden's mental acuity?
As a member and voice of the media, is there anything you can do to rally support against this guy and his continual sabotage of the government and country?
! extreme after the other. What more must happen before "The land of the FREE" get away from their screens and Unite on the streets? Showing them self and the world that something is very wrong. Millions should be on the streets for months already! Even Justice spit in our faces.
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
I love how all of his posts have some form of "probably" or "maybe" in them to literally take no responsibility for his actions. I'm more than confident enough to say he's the worst President I have ever seen, and is an even worse person.
This makes me think he knows he’s dying. Stay with me here. He had planned to pardon himself during his last run until he was talked out of it! He won’t be alive to have a pardon matter, all he seeks is revenge for all his imagined wrongs against him! He wants to burn America as his dying wish!
Considering how throughly he's been sucking Elon's toes since he got in, I think he might be planning on passing it to him (which would be completely unconstitutional since elon isnt a natural born citizen, but its not like this fascist administration cares about constitutionality)
Yeah and I can assert that I have the power of absolute dominion over the sea and command of all sea creatures. It still doesn't make me Aquaman no matter how OUTRAGEOUS my claim.
And of course the odious goof does not have that power as he well knows. Autopen signatures are common and every president has used them. Using one doesn't imply the supposed signer was unaware of the contents. This is just another canard by Trump to insult and mock a far better man than he
Or… Do you prefer an open congressional investigation?
Let Biden answer questions before Congress, under oath.
This way Democrat representatives can ask their questions.
Well, the donald did not have his hand on the Bible when he took his oath of office, so he doesn't have to abide by the constitution. Or something like that.🤨
Everything is allowed as long as nobody stops him. He's getting away with everything so far. Are you surprised he thinks he can get away with anything he wants? Somebody needs to stop him!
Lawyers? Not much use to M Khalil! Trump doesn't give two fucks about lawyers or courts or judges or orders. He's said as much time and time again - and SCOTUS has told him he's kinda right. So move past the 'rule of law' USA and deal with "Shit is out of control" USA.
It just doesn't matter any longer, if they have lawyers (bad or good). He is king and thus he decides about their fate. Whenever he feels like, he's going to arrest them without due process. Welcome to Fascism.
I don't understand how this incompetent moron can just sit there and openly be this stupid and the American people are just "good" with it. Politics have been corrupt from pretty well the beginning but this is just embarrassing.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed Jake… see they’re not going to listen to that Constitution thing since they’re obviously really all in on this new authoritarian government deal.
Day by day, they’re going to tear it down while Schumer votes to help them.
Samuel Alito’s corruption continues to increase, threatening the Supreme Court’s credibility. We must impeach him to protect the rule of law and restore trust in our judicial system.
Should be the lead story everywhere, including CNN, and clearly communicate how batshit crazy this is. But it won't be, because the media has been complicit in normalizing Trump, and it will just be one more news story before quickly moving to another one. Insane.
The emperor has no clothes. He is nuts, bonkers. He needs a real mental evaluation because if anyone else consistently put out these screeds, they would be held on a 48 hour involuntary psychiatric hold. Ridiculous
I see that many US citizens are posting that huge demonstrations are taking place all over your country, but that the media isn’t covering it. Is this true Mr. Tapper, and if so - why?
And this coming from the fool who unquestionably pardoned all of the convicts who took part in Jan 6 (because they were on his side). His voice is just a splash in the toilet. Can’t wait for ultimate sound of the flush . . .
The power-mad authoritarian conman continues tanking our economy, checks and balances, and democracy in order to exact his “revenge.” Someday even the MAGA crowd might realize they’ve been sold down the river…
With the passage of time, I agree he was right to issue most of his pardons. It didn’t feel good to American citizens at the time, but with the benefit of hindsight and context afforded us by the last couple months, it’s clear he understood the threat better than we thought.
He is brazenly ignoring federal court orders and issuing illegal and unconstitutional decrees. What will it take for you and the rest of the mainstream press to start calling him a dictator instead of president? 🫤
Jake needs to start being part of an actual solution instead of pointing out abuses of power that people do not only not give a damn about but unfortunately would probably need to do the same to reverse the course of events they brought about
Trump (or a henchman) writes these things every day with one goal in mind: to dominate the headlines on that particular day. That is what Trump considers winning. The media performs for him like trained seals waiting for a fish.
Remember when the MAGAs were crying that any time the government makes a ruling late at night it's because they are doing something evil they don't want people to see? Bet they're not going to say a thing about this
Which, if anything, we should know is bullshit. What are we afraid of? A bunch of xian fascist fat fucks who haven't been in shape for decades? Fuck this guy. He is no president. I don't bow to fake rulers. Come find me ICE. I'm more American, than your band of brown coat fascists!
Yeah, this is what we get when the MSM spends 4 years convincing the American people that Biden is too old, and lying that he was cognitively impaired when he stuttered. I mean, Trump’s obviously NOT cognitively impaired, right? He’s not a corrupt murderous fascist lunatic at all, sure.😳
Lets pray/ hope you are right . All i know our amazing, beautiful country the best on the planet is changing and becoming a place filled with hate, anger, deception, politically corrupt , unsafe & sad that generations to come will not see/ experience just how amazing our country and citizens are
I struggle with feeling defeated just like everyone else. But we need to remember, the people that support this are 35% of the population. Those that don’t support are the majority.
Trump is the Enemy
You can not ignore a court order he is on the brink of being removed or better
There is a rule of Law that this buffoon is ignoring
He must along with Musk and others be forcefully removed at once by our country’s military
This dudes been convicted 34 felonies
Get him out now
That's happening if you create an office with almost unlimited power and authority.
250 years ago you resisted to obey the will of a King just to fall to an Kingpin.
I feel sorry for you.
So Presidents can nullify pardons now? If he can just declare everything Biden did is undone then he's fucked cuz everything he has done will be undone with prejudice.
I cannot stress enough how that it only a problem to a president who expects to one day not be president anymore. Trump doesn't see himself on that trajectory so why should he care what some theoretical future president might do? He reckons he'll be dead by then.
Do you not understand? Trump is the supreme leader. What he says is law. Now he has weaponised the DoJ, the FBI etc and has a supplicant legislative branch there is only the judiciary that is hanging on. Until the Supreme Court bows under his will.
Goodbye democracy
It’s his “R.U.T Tour”: Revenge, Undoing and Tank the economy”. How little is a man that wants to hold one of the most powerful positions on the planet, only to get back at people because things didn’t go his way?
Be interesting to see if the courts agree if charges are brought. They should just throw out the case one filed and possibly fine the attorney for frivolous law suit. They would have to first fight the legality if the pardon. Not sure Supreme Court would hear it as who would have standing?
SCOTUS made him an emperor he now is the law and the MAGA senate and Congress are complicit.
He also said that the network that you work for is illegal and his DOJ is coming for you.
I wonder when you’ll start taking this seriously?
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President Biden was already found mentally incompetent to stand trial as a result of Hurr’s investigation. It was read into the Congressional Record on February 14, 2024
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
There are plenty of people on X who align with your way of thinking. This space does not need to be infected.
If the constitution means anything at all. lol
With the results we can all see....
And this will, if trump tries prosecuting anyone involved in the j6 committee.
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Biden could just say, "Yeah, I pardoned them," but he doesn't even have to do that.
Reading Trump posts is like reading a resume of someone who wanted to cram as many keywords as possible to get someone's attention, lol.
Tapper is a FAILURE at his job.
Retire, man.
Loss of Trust in government too can be one
#impeachtrump
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lklg33mdnk2e
His spineless MAGA senators and Congressional representatives will do nothing about it either
I’m betting that if hearings are opened up for any members of the January 6 committee, martial law will be declared
Reports indicate that if the US continues its 2025 trajectory, it will no longer be classified as a democracy.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2148803/u-s-could-lose-democracy-status-says-global-watchdog
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
Let Biden answer questions before Congress, under oath.
This way Democrat representatives can ask their questions.
People who think Trump is wrong should welcome that.
This stuff is getting really serious.
This is just representative democracy in action, no?
Day by day, they’re going to tear it down while Schumer votes to help them.
HE. DOES. NOT. CARE!
-Jake Tapper.
"Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”
😆🤣😂
(joking re: name. It came to me immediately but I’m sure I’m not the first un/creative person, late out of the gate.)
You can not ignore a court order he is on the brink of being removed or better
There is a rule of Law that this buffoon is ignoring
He must along with Musk and others be forcefully removed at once by our country’s military
This dudes been convicted 34 felonies
Get him out now
Whatever. Is anyone surprised that he's illegally taking a shredder to everything Biden did? Vindictive, petty, asshole.
250 years ago you resisted to obey the will of a King just to fall to an Kingpin.
I feel sorry for you.
What event could happen that the administration would cancel all future elections?
Republican desperation, still searching for last-minute “disqualifying” loopholes since the Bill Clinton administration. 🤣😓
Goodbye democracy
He also said that the network that you work for is illegal and his DOJ is coming for you.
I wonder when you’ll start taking this seriously?
Joe Arpaio
Dinesh D'Souza
Michael Flynn
George Papadopoulos
Roger Stone
Paul Manafort
Steve Bannon
All the Jan 6ers
Just a list I rattled off...