Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPresident Joe Biden says he will not pardon his son Hunter Biden if he's convicted on gun-related chargeswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1647arrow-down1external-linkPresident Joe Biden says he will not pardon his son Hunter Biden if he's convicted on gun-related chargeswww.nbcnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square119fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoNot pardoning him would piss them off more and gives them zero firepower on the topic… Edit: legitimate firepower anyways…they would still claim some bullshit about he’s a bad dad and doesn’t protect his son or some garbage like that.
minus-squareOsaErisXero@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoHonestly, there’s a contingent who would dislike him less if he used a pardon to protect his son
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoSee those people don’t actually like corruption, they just like winning. If they lose then corruption is bad, if they win then it’s just being clever. So they’d still hate him, probably moreso.
Not pardoning him would piss them off more and gives them zero firepower on the topic…
Edit: legitimate firepower anyways…they would still claim some bullshit about he’s a bad dad and doesn’t protect his son or some garbage like that.
Honestly, there’s a contingent who would dislike him less if he used a pardon to protect his son
See those people don’t actually like corruption, they just like winning. If they lose then corruption is bad, if they win then it’s just being clever. So they’d still hate him, probably moreso.