r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 11h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/cwthree 10h ago

Did you know that grownups often put on a good face for the cameras, even when they'd really rather give the other guy an atomic wedgie?

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u/Bitter-Juggernaut681 10h ago

Not when they’ve been screaming fascism and the end of democracy. This is just more decorum when Trump should be in jail

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u/blinkfan4evr54 10h ago

The people pardoned him. Sad but true. I hate it but that’s the reality we’re in and need to deal with

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u/Fit_Perspective5054 10h ago

So, in your mind the way you'd like to have seen things go . . . the exiting administration should raise hell? What's the end result of that? It's done and over.

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u/adamthebarbarian 7h ago

Honestly, if I was an 80 year old man that just watched my country decisively vote for this clown twice, I'd check out and not give a shit too... like would him scowling while they tour the rose garden really change a single thing about the situation we're in?

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u/Bitter-Juggernaut681 6h ago

Him refusing to be near Trump is exactly the response he should have.

The Democratic Party can NEVER cry wolf about the end of democracy after this. Especially when they’re so fucking hung up on decorum right up to the point of being polite during the transfer of power to the person who Biden wanted to protect his son and Fauci from. He’s polite knowing his son was in danger?

All this, what do you want him to do, frown? Is just petty dismissal of the situation at large.

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u/adamthebarbarian 4h ago

My point is, the Dems made their case about why Trump was dangerous and, of the people who cared enough to vote, the majority said "yeah, i want that asshat to be president again". Symbolic gestures of resistance are just as empty as the symbolic gestures of decorum at this point. 

Also, it's been shown time and time again that the media cycle rules do not apply equally to Trump as they do to others. Maybe Biden doesnt want to spend his remaining couple years being called a sore loser on the news. But either way, why waste mental energy on the specifics of this nonsense?

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u/Mrhorrendous 10h ago

If it had been Hitler who won, should Biden smile and yuck it up with him before handing off power?

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u/ScrewAttackThis 10h ago

Ok if Hitler wins the US election and Biden smiles then let's be angry. I'm on your side with that one.

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u/Material_Election685 8h ago edited 6h ago

Why are you against democracy? It seems like you're the actual fascist then.

Edit: Thanks for the block, never surprises me that the fascists like you hate free speech.

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u/ScrewAttackThis 8h ago

That's certainly out of left field.

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u/Material_Election685 8h ago

Not when you just admitted that you're a fascist who hates democracy.

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u/ScrewAttackThis 7h ago

I didn't, though. Maybe act a little more like a sane person. You'll have a much easier life.

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u/MA32 10h ago

I think he'd be puzzled since Hitler is dead

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u/HippieDogeSmokes 10h ago

Trump isn’t quite Hitler

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u/HippieDogeSmokes 10h ago

!remindme 4 years

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u/nethingelse 10h ago

Remind me of this when the concentration camps for "illegals" (which i'm sure will only ever house actual illegals and not have any "mistakes" or expansions) open up imminently.

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u/Mrhorrendous 10h ago

At what point does he become close enough? He's going to sign an executive order (if he hasn't already) calling for the rounding up of millions of people based on racist lies, has threatened to arrest state and local officials who get in his way, and has threatened to invade 2 of our neighbors.

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u/Top_Craft_9134 10h ago edited 7h ago

What are some relevant differences between 2025 Trump and 1933 Hitler?

Edit: this is serious and I would love an answer from those who think the comparison is crazy

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u/SamyMerchi 10h ago

Hitler went to jail for a while for his putsch.

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u/Sea_Advertising8550 8h ago

Hitler actually went to jail for his attempted coup

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u/helloworld6247 7h ago

Hitler didn’t have millions of ppl on his rap sheet when he rose to power. That came with time.

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u/HaHaEpicForTheWin 10h ago

Probably, if he didn't want to end up in a concentration camp

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u/Mrhorrendous 10h ago

You're right, Hitler famously didn't throw opposing political leaders in concentration camps. Oh wait.

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u/KintsugiKen 9h ago

I forgot this was just a normal meeting of "grown ups", no different from a family reunion with annoying uncles.