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Pardon who? Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power
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Trump: Filling his cabinet with conflicted individuals and loyalists, many of whom have had legal troubles and been pardoned by him.
Biden: Pardons a family member who has never held government office for a drug-related offence.
And which story dominates the news cycle? The media is more than complicit in the resurgence of fascism in this country.
If a nazi uses the n word...
No one is surprised.
When your only other option also uses it, that doesn't make it ok because they didn't mean to say it in public intentionally.
When you settle for "a slip" and say that's ok, the only thing you're doing is making it easier for people to act like the nazi isn't that bad. Because you've normalized it
If Biden wants to "take the low road" then fucking take it and do some good for the American people. Don't do it only for purely selfish reasons.
That is why people are upset with Biden about this
It's like saying it's ok to steal food for your starving family to justify stealing, then you just eat all the food yourself.
There's a lot Biden can do to help Americans still, he just doesn't give a fuck.
That's a fair criticism of Biden, but Biden wasn't being criticized by that comment, rather the media coverage was. The media has consistently shrugged their shoulders and acted like nothing was wrong as Trump time and time again utterly violates both conventions and laws, but the moment anyone not in the MAGA-sphere puts even a toe out of line it's treated as a huge scandal. Should Joe have pardoned Hunter? No it undermines the entire message of nobody is above the law, but at the same time it's such a trivial thing in the face of the absolute and complete disregard of both morals and laws shown by Trump and his team daily.
In the face of such blatant double standards the media's rush to clutch their pearls in this case just rings as exceptionally hollow.
I disagree that he shouldn’t have pardoned Hunter. Hunter went through the legal system with no advantages, reached a plea deal that was perfectly normal for any regular citizen, only to have Republicans blow it up to have something to beat Joe over the head with. Hunter has paid his late taxes with fines. The only remaining issue was him lying on his form about being on drugs while buying a gun. They were going to throw him under the prison for that dumb shit.
But yeah, Joe needs to go on a pardon spree. Trump established that new norm last time.