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Summary
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.
The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.
Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.
Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.
This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.
America voted in Trump so why the fuck would Biden give a fuck what they want anymore?
Totally. The American people betrayed Biden, personally, by tarnishing his otherwise spotless legacy and voting in his opposition. It doesn’t matter if you personally voted Harris as nearly half of the people who voted did, America turned its back on our highest civil servant and now he has every right to spend his last remaining days in power by doubling down on his support of genocide, pardoning his own relatives, and doing fuck all to help us ungrateful proles.
Biden did a ton of good and Americans looked at Trump’s first term and said why not give him a second?
Absolutely. Biden deserves to punish us all for our poor decision-making, and act only out of self-interest for the remainder of his term. That’s the social contract we make with our nation’s civil servants.
I don’t think you read my comment that you are replying to.
Oh I think I did, and I couldn’t agree with you more. We no longer deserve to expect anything good or helpful from our benevolent leader Joe Biden since the majority of us voted incorrectly. He has every right to sit on his hands and spend his few remaining days in office helping Israel commit genocide, helping his family get out of felony charges, and doing nothing to protect the nation from the damage Trump is about to cause. We are ungrateful little worms and he has every right to treat us as such.
Americans voted in Trump, why should he do anything to sabotage Trump’s reign?
That’s anti-democratic.
That disinformation campaign sure did a number on you guys.
Can’t wait for Trump to come in and save Palestine!
Oh, again, I totally agree. Trump won’t save Palestine, so we should accept that Biden is also not even trying. We don’t deserve to hold any politician to a higher standard than what Trump can offer. Frankly, if we don’t behave in the way our benevolent leader wants, then they are under no obligation to do anything to improve the country or do anything that their voters want them to do. That’s freedom!
Edit - obvious sarcasm aside, Biden should do things like nominate judges for all those empty seats while the Dems still have the Senate. He should do things like direct the DEA to deschedule cannabis, a move that would be wildly popular with voters on both sides of the aisle and thus seems unlikely to be overturned. You know, helpful things that help people who weren’t lucky enough to be born with the last name “Biden”. He won’t, though. And it’s weird to just jump to January 6th. That’s a weird thing to do.
So you think Biden should sabotage Trump’s term?
That’s not democratic, which I said in my last comment.
Americans want want Trump has to offer.
Yeah trump was pretty bad wasn’t he.
Yes, which is why Biden deserves to ignore the well-being of the country, including his own voters, and act only out of self-interest for the rest of his presidency. We only deserve politicians who try their best when we the people do what politicians want us to do.
Less than 1/3 of American voters voted for the orange man. The rest were apathetic or thought virtue abstaining would “send a message”.
Trump won the election because America voted him in.