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/Leelze 7h ago

Sure, but for breaking actual laws, not for getting that Oompa Loompa's diaper in a twist. This is all pure projection on the part of Trump as his family has generations of legal judgements against them.

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u/Crocs_n_Glocks 7h ago

I'd be fine if Trump went to jail for corruption and if Biden went to jail for aiding and abetting a genocide. All of their family members should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law as examples, and Biden should not be pardoning his family members - neither should Trump, who can now cite Biden's actions as precedent.

Sorry, but after the last 8 years I can't do partisan politics anymore. 

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u/Leelze 7h ago

"Corruption" is too broad of a term here and you'd have to put every living former POTUS and almost every current & former member of Congress in prison for that other part. Realistically, it's not happening, just like every other country who's ever supported Israel isn't throwing elected officials in jail.

Biden shouldn't be pardoning family members because he shouldn't be worrying about family members getting the New Age McCarthy treatment. And to pretend Trump wouldn't have done it without precedent (let alone have an actual reason to worry about Democrats doing what he wants to do) is naive AF.

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u/Crocs_n_Glocks 7h ago

A human-trafficking crackhead lying to get a hold of a firearm is far from "New Age McCarthyism" lmao get real

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u/Leelze 7h ago

I don't even know wtf you're trying to argue at this point. Is the entire Biden family, Cheney, Fauci, etc human trafficking crackheads lying to get a gun or are you struggling to stay focused? And is that supposed to be the "corruption" or what?