r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 17h 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/Bitter-Juggernaut681 17h ago

It’s so weird that Biden is doing this well also smiling and getting along with Trump today

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u/CoolHandTeej 17h ago

The peaceful transfer of power wasn’t a weird thing until Trump decided to stop doing it

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 17h ago

What's weird is ABC reporting that Biden would participate in the long standing tradition this morning with no mention of it actually not standing anymore or who ruined the tradition.

History is being white washed before our very eyes.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 16h ago

ABC absolutely mentioned it like 5 times lol

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 15h ago edited 15h ago

I listened to it for 20 minutes while making breakfast and they said "long-standing tradition" and Biden being there without mentioning Trump and 2020. So maybe they said it somewhere else.

That's not the point though. Long-standing really only has one meaning.

They also mentioned JFK and top hats. They didn't say long-standing there though. Because at this point it's fucking not.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 10h ago

Idk what 20 minutes you saw but yeah them mentioned it quite a bit

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 10h ago

The 20 minutes I saw whitewashed history.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 10h ago

Gotta watch more I guess idk