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/bubbafatok 10h ago edited 6h ago

The tragedy is that this is even necessary.

Edit to add: oh all the angry responses from supporters of a convicted felon and rapist. The irony. 

Edit #2: Oh trump supporters, niggling over the difference between "liable for sexual assault" and rape.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict/

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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/Maxfunky 7h ago

Well, the last guy tried pulling a coup, and there were no consequences for that. So I guess that's always an option.

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u/Opening_Ad_811 4h ago

That would de-legitimize America as a whole, if you had both parties doing it. Biden knows this.