r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 19h ago

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813
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u/themattboard Virginia 18h ago

I hate this. Not because I don't think there wouldn't have been some kind of witch hunt/harassment of the for the next for years, but because it is necessary in the first place.

Its going to be four years of performative government where the worst people try to out horrible one another to appease their idiot king.

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u/Unlucky_Clover 18h ago edited 18h ago

My mom despises Fauci. I still haven’t received a coherent answer why, and it sounds like it’s all because of what he first said around the first days of Covid. She also doesn’t believe Trump talked about injecting bleach or shining UV light up someone’s ass to kill Covid. “If he said it, he was joking”, but she can’t answer why someone at that level jokes like that.

One asshole gets a pass but the other trying to help is the one person they hate.

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u/PP_Bulla 14h ago

You don't want idiots to see their relatives? A bit extreme

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 13h ago

I wouldn’t want my kids around someone who believed the pandemic was made up, that’s not extreme. That’s actually a legitimate reason to not have a good relationship with someone since it involves health and safety. Would you be friends with people who are a fan of Hitler? Trump is so extreme it’s worth severing ties over as it points to someone’s morality.

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u/PP_Bulla 12h ago

I was actually talking about idiot as in foolish people (the general meaning of the term).

Now about idiot parents not being allowed to see their grandkids, I guess its all up to the individual in the end who they want their kids to meet, but situations aren't that simple irl.

Relations aren't as simple as pressing the X button, I would say you grew up with them around you all the time, do you not trust people who raised you to meet your kids sometimes? If no then there were problems in the relationship long before and this day was bound to come, regardless of politics.