Summary

President Biden expressed regret over appointing Merrick Garland as Attorney General, criticizing Garland’s slow action in prosecuting Donald Trump for the January 6 insurrection while aggressively pursuing cases against Hunter Biden.

Biden reportedly blamed former Chief of Staff Ron Klain for persuading him to choose Garland over other candidates, such as Doug Jones, who was seen as more politically assertive.

Many Democrats share Biden’s frustration, believing Garland’s cautious approach harmed efforts to hold Trump accountable.

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    7 days ago

    Man the comments. I don’t want two parties that are abusive of power. Still it sorta reminds me of why I put biden over obama on my list of best presidents of my lifetime. I hope future ones will see things like this and take it to heart. I think biden got somewhat of the proper way. Give them one chance to collaborate and if they do bullshit then move forward without them. They can’t be given multiple chances or the benefit of the doubt. You can’t leave their people in anymore, even the ones who seem moderate, their criteria for their picks is zealotry.

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        6 days ago

        No it means using power in a questionable way. Its because of folks saying things like he is the first president with immunity type stuff.

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        7 days ago

        It has. biden did take the lessons from obama and as I said gave them like one chance to collaborate then moved on. It was great relatively speaking. Its hard to move on when they are given just barely time to fix the last fuck up and then folks decide hey lets try fuck up again.