• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Biden has to do it. All he needs to do is imagine how he would feel a year from now if he didn’t.

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    5 months ago

    This seems like a terrible precedent to set when a criminal has been elected. If old age doesnt get Trump during this term I can already hear him say, 'But sleepy Joe did it!", as he pardons all his buddies

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      5 months ago

      Trump is known for breaking precedent. It’s what makes his supporters cheer. He doesn’t need it.

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      5 months ago

      Trump pardoned all his buddies at the end of his last term. Biden’s not breaking any precedence.

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        Thank you for finally summing up my frustration with folks that ain’t freaking out. They somehow think the laws will still mean something when the opposite is what they voted for

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      5 months ago

      Dude, Biden could have literally had Trump assassinated and it would have been up to congress to decide whether or not it was a crime or an official presidential act. Trump’s lawyers successfully argued that very thing in front of the Supreme Court.

      This is a slap on the wrist in comparison.

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      Personally, I agree. But we do need to be limiting the damage trump can do. I think Biden should go the other way, do a few things that are so illegal that the SCOTUS has to start limiting the president’s powers.

      Perhaps a domestic drone strike or two.