@jeffwM to News • 12 days agoTrump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attackwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21arrow-up1299arrow-down16cross-posted to: keeptrack
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minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish61•12 days agoI’m actually surprised he did but I guess Brownshirts gotta come from somewhere. I genuinely thought he’d leave them twisting in the wind.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•12 days agoI’m also surprised he actually gave enough of a shit to pardon them. I assumed he’d just forget about them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•12 days agoHe doesn’t. He did it in order to set the precedent that crime and violence committed on his behalf will be pardoned.
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink12•12 days agoI somehow thought it would be more calculated and not quite so broad.
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-212 days agoTo be fair “calculated” and “Trump” don’t exaclty go hand in hand. His ban of and then saving of Tiktok falls under the most Basic Bitch Strong Men Tactics.
I’m actually surprised he did but I guess Brownshirts gotta come from somewhere.
I genuinely thought he’d leave them twisting in the wind.
I’m also surprised he actually gave enough of a shit to pardon them. I assumed he’d just forget about them.
He doesn’t. He did it in order to set the precedent that crime and violence committed on his behalf will be pardoned.
I somehow thought it would be more calculated and not quite so broad.
To be fair “calculated” and “Trump” don’t exaclty go hand in hand.
His ban of and then saving of Tiktok falls under the most Basic Bitch Strong Men Tactics.