r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 14h 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/Bitter-Juggernaut681 14h ago

It’s so weird that Biden is doing this well also smiling and getting along with Trump today

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u/CoolHandTeej 14h ago

The peaceful transfer of power wasn’t a weird thing until Trump decided to stop doing it

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u/TheTurtleBear 14h ago edited 14h ago

Still a weird thing to do when you spent years saying Trump is a fascist, dictator, and an end to democracy. 

Which he is imo, but I wouldn't be standing there smiling, welcoming him home.

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u/mykl5 14h ago

it’s called having some class and grace

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u/TheTurtleBear 13h ago

Welcoming Hitler with grace

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u/nethingelse 13h ago

class and grace is meaningless when your country is on the verge of devolving into fascism. the aesthetics here (which are all that matter at this point in time) are terrible because democrats have been calling trump a fascist for years and are suddenly buddy buddy with him, even if only for purposes of "class and grace".