Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoPresident Joe Biden says he will not pardon his son Hunter Biden if he's convicted on gun-related chargeswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down17
arrow-up1649arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squarePlasticExistence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoI would just commute the sentence so I didn’t technically lie.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·edit-23 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-up11·3 months agoHonestly, there’s a contingent who would dislike him less if he used a pardon to protect his son
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 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.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoJust pardon one hour or $1 off whatever he has to do, just to flex.
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I would just commute the sentence so I didn’t technically lie.
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.
Just pardon one hour or $1 off whatever he has to do, just to flex.