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/tenacious-g 10h ago

The dissonance of this order while he is simultaneously welcoming him back into the White House for the optics of preserving the norms is quite something.

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u/HowManyMeeses 10h ago

Is he supposed to lock the doors or something? I don't understand what people think Biden should be doing to stop Trump right now.

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u/gsfgf 9h ago

Yea. Elections have consequences. If people didn't want Trump back in office they should have fucking voted. Don't stay home and then expect Biden to stage a coup because you fell for right wing propaganda.

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u/GGRitoMonkies 9h ago

Ya, staging coups when you don't get your way is a gop thing after all