Fox News: “Biden weaponizing justice department against own son!”
Why does Joe Biden not simply say the Deep State arrested his Son and then Pardon him and Blame any and all NEGATIVE Media on the Deep State too?
Biden’s voters aren’t dimwitted cultists.
I’m sad it’s news when a president/presidential candidate announces something totally reasonable.
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He probably would’ve announced this anyway, even if politics were much more normal than they are now
If politics were “more normal than they are now” it wouldn’t have been a statement he would need to make.
It’s a pretty low bar that a politician shouldn’t be assumed to be abusing their power.
I’m always disappointed hearing news about Biden. So boring and normal. Where did my emotional rollercoaster of reading the news when Trump was president go?
Dark brandon better beat that facist dumbass come november though.
I’m just waiting for the first republican to criticize Biden for not caring about his son enough to pardon him.
doubt
The dude bought a gun while high off his ass on crack. If it were anyone else, the Dems would be up in arms about the person not being arrested while the Republicans would be defending his right to bear arms. I’m not seeing too many people saying Hunter should be let free.
From what I’ve read, we routinely arrest people for drug charges who turn out to be longtime addicts and who have “legally” purchased guns. It happens all the damned time, there are rarely any significant repercussions, and nothing about this stands out about this case except who the guy’s father is. And I’m not saying he shouldn’t be held accountable for a crime, in just taking accepting to your “if it were anyone else” line.
I’m not saying he should be let free, but I am saying they’re clearly seeking a disproportionate penalty than what most people get, because it’s politically motivated.
I’m finding it hard to find any useful statistics for sentencing on the specific crime he did. Do you have any way to back up that claim about the penalty being disproportionate? All I can find is sentencing guidelines that seem to be pretty much written into the law so those would apply to everyone.
That could never happen in America, come on now
Damn that’s cold blooded.
Not abusing your power is cold blooded?
Integrity. Something the republikkklowns have never heard of.
I would pardon him just to piss off the right.
Just pardon one hour or $1 off whatever he has to do, just to flex.
Not pardoning him would piss them off more and gives them zero firepower on the topic…
Edit: legitimate firepower anyways…they would still claim some bullshit about he’s a bad dad and doesn’t protect his son or some garbage like that.
Honestly, there’s a contingent who would dislike him less if he used a pardon to protect his son
See those people don’t actually like corruption, they just like winning. If they lose then corruption is bad, if they win then it’s just being clever. So they’d still hate him, probably moreso.
I would just commute the sentence so I didn’t technically lie.
Cool. But you legally can. But you probably shouldn’t.
Okay. Cool. Good call.
honestly the ‘pardon’ ability needs to go away completely. maybe it made sense before, and/or wasnt abused, but now it just seems prepped to be a tool to release your fellow felons in crime.
The point of being able to issue pardons is that Biden should have been pardoning everyone who’s in prison for smoking weed. Too bad Biden’s a little bitch who won’t use the office of president to do much good.
Vote for him tho
That’s only if criminals are elected. Biden used the pardon in 2022 and 2023 to pardon many minor weed related offenses.
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The pardon is a last-ditch effort at justice. I’m fine with it.
POTUS can only waive off on federal crimes, the states still have hold on their own convictions. And even then, the governor can pardon.
Even if abused now and again, it’s still good for the broader system.
It’s cool if it is a bullshit crime. Like smoking a joint, pardon everyone convicted of that.
Clemency is a useful tool, it just needs reform. Some states require it to go through a committee rather than just handing the power to a single official. There are probably other ways to curtail abuse as well.
The way American politics are going, you need a full reset. There is no power that is not being abused but powers are needed for a government to work
What’s the most recent example of “full reset” for a comparable nation with the economic output, military power, or population size similar to America? The USSR? Any examples that are more successful?
I’m not arguing that change isn’t needed, it is, but what’s realistic. Especially when going up against those with the greatest vested interest in status quo, those brainwashed to rail against what’s in their best interest or the greater good, or those too apathetic to engage with any of it.
Realistic does not imply successful…
Democracy was widely regarded as a failed experiment in antiquity up until the French revolution. There are multiple realistic avenues towards a “full reset”, like everyone joining a union and then building new power structures around the existing ones.
They can be useful for things like spy exchanges, but I do agree the system as it exists is ripe for abuse
I think this action likely lowers Hunter Biden’s chances of winning the presidency to zero for 2024. Not that Hunter Biden is even running for President, but from everything the GOP say, they certainly think he is.
Impeach Hunter Biden!
Idk, have you tried showing his dick to a bunch of people, in the fucking halls of congress?
I don’t like this timeline
I dunno. Perhaps the GOP will vote for him if he’s convicted? They seem to go for that sort of thing.
Eh, I’d do it on the last day for grins.
Day after the election.
If he loses then he definitely should, one last fuck you to Trump since our boy Joe won’t get another chance.
This. He should have said, “I’ll only pardon my son if I lose the election. Voters, it’s in your hands now.”
Bidens pardons are reserved for Netanyahu.
Does he need to for what is likely to result in the standard well-to-do white guy punishment of a small fine and community service?
And when he does, watch a bunch of other rich white guys complain that he’s only being let off because he’s the president’s son.
He was only investigated because he’s the president’s son
As a semi competent politician its obvious 1) you have to say this and 2) you do your upsetting pardons after the election
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