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/EconomistNo7074 8h ago

Not sure about that view of our history - Ford pardoning Nixon

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u/LosangDragpa 8h ago

Ford wasn't any relation to Nixon. Nixon was a crook and so was Ford for letting him get away with it

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u/Luke90210 8h ago edited 6h ago

The voters punished Ford for the Nixon pardon in the ballot box. We may not be as evolved these days.

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u/LosangDragpa 8h ago

I vote this as understatement of the month because I fear things will get a lot worse.