Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

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    Of course he did. If you thought otherwise you were gullible. Politicians lie and party affiliation makes no difference. Save the outrage for the truly outrageous things the next 4 years are going to bring.

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    Is this just a distraction from the incoming administration refusing to sign ethics statements they signed into law, or avoiding background checks for sensitive government positions

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    So harvey dent was right, You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

    Uncanny

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    Considering Hunter Biden was the victim of a politically motivated witch hunt, and not an actual criminal. I have no problem with this,

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    Lol.

    Most of these comments are a great example of how stupid Americans are.

    All my life Dems have been held to a higher standard. I’ve watched them take the high road so many times while the Republicans went low. Continued to honor decorum when Republicans refused.

    And guess what happened?

    Americans told them to go fuck themselves and voted for blatant Republican corruption instead.

    And now there’s a bunch of comments in here whining about how Democrats are corrupt for doing this.

    Go fuck yourselves. Clowns.

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    I’m not happy about this. Not one bit. Just like how I wouldn’t have been happy to hear about Trump pardoning one of his own kids for breaking the law. As a matter of fact, I’m furious reading some of the comments in this thread.

    It shocks me to see people defending this. We fought against the Republicans to prevent misuse of executive powers exactly like this. How the fuck can you sit there and rationalize this while saying it’s wrong for Trump to pardon the Jan 6th insurrectionists? or himself for that matter?

    This is a black stain on Biden’s presidential legacy. It’s shit like this that puts wind in the sails of all the crazy Republican conspiracy theorists out there. Now, every single motherfucker who ranted and raved about the “Biden Crime Family” since 2020 was just proven right, just like how all the people who said that Trump’s convictions were politically motivated were proven right when Jack Smith dropped the charges. It makes us look like fucking morons and hypocrites.

    No, before anyone says it, it is not smart to stoop to their level when basically the only messaging we sent out during the entire 2024 campaign was that we were the morally superior choice. That someone who doesn’t respect the rule of law has no business being president. Now, we don’t even have that to lean on.

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    I’ve been a supporter since I was first able to vote for Obama’s first term. Not anymore, guys. You don’t do enough for us but virtue-signal when you have the ability to and you only think about yourselves when you don’t. I just don’t believe in them. They don’t stop fascism, they pause it, and in some cases, contribute to it by their cowardice, and pardoning his son is just taking a shit on all of us right before he leaves.

    I fully intend to do as much for the Democratic party of America going forward, as they have done for me, by ignoring them and pretending they don’t exist.

    then the fascists will win

    What’s this will shit? Buckle up, buttercup. The time for voting has passed. We’re in the endgame now.

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    Stop with the whataboutism, this is the political class acting in its own interest at no benefit to any of us. If anything this discredits the legal system and is to our detriment.

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    On the one hand this is pretty hypocritical. On the other hand I probably would do the same in his position given that trump plans to weaponize the Justice department. Not great but this is the state our country is in now.

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    Just like Harris going to Hawaii immediately after her loss, this sends a clear message.

    “I don’t give a fuck. This was always about personal power and wealth.”

    Just incase anyone thought the DNC would actually use their defeat as a reason to soul search about how their neoliberal policies no longer serve the people and that’s why people aren’t coming out to vote.

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    Democrats are twisting this as a great thing now after Biden said he would never do this, what a total bunch of hypocrites.

    Once again more “it’s okay when our side does it” from them.