Half the country voted for Trump, and so it is likely that a very sizable portion of the country doesn't see Hunter Biden's treatment as a miscarriage of justice.
Sure, but I'm past considering the opinions of Trump voters. At this point they're either stupid or evil or *both.* I just don't care what they think any more, unless they're ready to change and be better.
The pardon power isn't all or nothing. Pardons can be very specific in their application.
That's not what I meant. The pardon power cannot replace one punishment with another. It can target specific charges, that is all. Biden could have pardoned some specific charges and left others alone, but that wouldnt have addressed some of the issues.
Are you sure about that? I could only find one of possible significance, Charles Kushner, the father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Trump has selected him to serve as ambassador to France.
That might be the only one with a nomination so far. He issued plenty of other wildly inappropriate pardons.
To quote Politico, "Joe Biden’s broad reprieve for his son gives the president-elect new rationale for even more expansive pardons than those he issued in his first term."
No it doesn't. Trump already doesnt care about what's proper. He already inappropriately pardoned a bunch of people in his first term. Biden's actions weren't going to have an actual effect on Trump's pardon power no matter what. Im sure Trump et al will use Biden's pardon as a rhetorical device, but Trump announced intent to do more inappropriate pardons (like the Jan 6-ers) long before. This is more media sane-washing and pretending that the Dems need to be flawless while Trump can be lawless. To use a biblical reference, they are concerned about the splinter in their brother's eye while they ignore the plank in their own.
What proportion of the country sees it as a miscarriage of justice, or sees the legal charges against Trump's people as political witch hunts?
One of these groups bases their opinions on facts. The other bases their opinion on feelings and the word of Herr Fuhrer. They are not the same, and Im not concerned with the feelings of Nazis and Nazi-apologists. Fascism is a stupid movement for people making stupid decisions who should feel bad for falling for the lies and hate.
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