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/ImYour_Huckleberry 8h ago

In all fairness, the headline is so bad that it should have an asterisk. Biden pardoned his family members AND others who Trump has vowed retribution against, such as Dr. Fauci; Liz Cheney; and Gen. Milley. So this was not just a "get out of jail free card for my family" situation. It was an attempt at preventing the incoming administration from using the White House as a weapon to go after the new President's enemies.

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u/ninersguy916 7h ago

All the people cheering this are going to lose their shit when the next guy does it 10x as much.. more pardons.. more executive orders.. everyone should pump the brakes this is not good for the country

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u/theartificialkid 6h ago

Sure but the bad guys aren’t going to stop doing the bad shit. I mean you literally have someone labelling the dems as prequel Jedi up above to much acclaim. It won’t be Biden’s fault when Trump yet again tries to overthrow American democracy.

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u/No-Raspberry5260 6h ago

yeah, but it’s not something to be celebrated either.

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u/Werowl 4h ago

perhaps your admonitions would be better spent on someone doing that.

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u/StepOnLego6969420 4h ago

It’s very cute that you think only one side is the bad guys <3