Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump on all federal criminal charges the moment they were announced, the Utah senator and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said.

“Had I been President Biden,” Romney said, “when the justice department brought out indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him. I’d have pardoned President Trump.”

“Why? Well, because it makes me, President Biden, the big guy and the person I pardoned the little guy. And, number two, it’s not going to get resolved before the election. It’s not going to have an impact before the election. And, frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president.”

Romney was speaking to MSNBC, in an interview to be broadcast on The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday night.

  • @[email protected]
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    2306 months ago

    And, frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president.

    Yes, we do. We really, really do.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      336 months ago

      Frankly, the country shouldn’t listen to people who wear magic underwear, yet here you are.

    • @Son_of_dad
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      266 months ago

      You’re not part of “the country” he’s talking about. He means the elites

      • @barsquid
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        16 months ago

        Oh! Like “the Economy.”

    • @AbidanYre
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      76 months ago

      The American people never wanted Trump in the first place.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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      16 months ago

      If we are going to keep the death penalty around federally, an enemy of the state such as Trump is the perfect use. Maybe if we could ever get shit done, we’d ban the death penalty after it from all the people who wouldn’t want such to happen, are usually those voting to keep the death penalty.