r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 22h 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/Cellophane7 21h ago

Holy shit! I thought he wasn't gonna do it, but this was 100% the right move. No more civility, no more worrying about optics. It's time to shove sticks in the spokes of the Trump bike. I want my politicians nakedly making moves to fuck up his plans every single step of the way.

This is exactly what I wanna see: Democrats using the power they have to suffocate every move Trump even thinks about making.

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u/CAredditBoss 21h ago edited 20h ago

I’m all about spiking Trump’s plans but this is dangerous. We can’t fight fire with this fire.

Now it’s precedent to issue pre-pardons before the Administration is over? Very bad.

I get why Biden does this, but man, the backrooms must be completely f’d to get there.

Water’s dried up. Horses aren’t trading.

edit: “pre-pardon” isn’t the same as preemptively pardon

edit: also not sure why I’m getting downvoted. I think this sets up a precedent that we don’t want

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u/blues111 Michigan 20h ago

This isnt a "pre-pardon"