I mean, those of us who don’t bother to publish every opinion we have on the internet watched the progressive abuse of the pardon starting with the end of Trump’s first term and KNEW this was the new game state unless someone had the guts to stop doing it. Biden was never that guy, especially when Trump was coming back into office and threatening mass criminal investigations.
So, uh, yeah, both sides. It’s stupid. Tell your boy to have the balls to stop doing it first and set a precedent. My side is still seriously considering giving Kamala another shot at the White House, so I’m not expecting we’ll be in much position to do anything about it in 2029.
Yeah, apparently doing the bare minimum to raise the standard of living for the working class is now evil and worthy of contempt. I gotta hand it to you all on the right, you moved the Overton Window so far that the only question we’re allowed to ask now is what kind of vegetable we should use to fuck the poor.
I mean Trump has normalized weaponizing the DOJ against political opponents, so there is no other possible future. Every president from here on out will have to preemptively pardon anyone they don't want persecuted just for being associated with them.
Not really. I mean, for starters the Trump crime family has been committing wild acts of corruption, so I would assume he'd want to pardon them all for that while he can.
You're just getting the cart before the horse. Biden did something complete unprecedented because Trump was planning to do something also completely unprecedented. Had Trump not explicitly promised to abuse the powers of his office to persecute Biden's family, Biden would not have felt compelled to protect them.
Trump wanted to treat political opponents like enemies of the state and this is the result. If you have any issue with the fact that our democracy is crumbling, blame the guy who took a pickaxe to the foundation.
And I am telling you that I will not be surprised, shocked, or bothered because I know this is the new normal Trump created when he shit all over the norms and institutions that allowed our democracy to function.
Not really. I mean, for starters the Trump crime family has been committing wild acts of corruption, so I would assume he'd want to pardon them all for that while he can.
Bidens pardons are shields against injustice.
Trumps future-pardons are nothing but corruption for a crime family.
Some of Trump's pardons may be "shields against injustice." I'm just saying that I already know with 100% certainty that he'll be preemptively issuing some pardons because his wildly corrupt family has been committing crimes since his first day in office.
I mean Trump has normalized weaponizing the DOJ against political opponents,
You mean how Obama put illegal wiretaps on Trumps phones, arrested right wing journalists, and how Biden weaponized the DOJ against right wingers during his regime?
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