Whereas many Democrats are upset about Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son Hunter, as a result of it makes them appear to be complete hypocrites and liars, some individuals on the left are defending Biden’s determination.
A kind of individuals is MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who’s making an attempt to tie Biden’s determination to Trump and his FBI decide Kash Patel.
In Maddow’s thoughts, Biden’s alternative makes good sense as a result of Patel has made it clear that he needs to go after the rot within the Deep State. For Rachel, this utterly justifies Biden’s transfer.
Transcript through Real Clear Politics:
It’s true that President Biden had mentioned he wouldn’t pardon his son.
And it might or will not be associated, however would it not change your thoughts in any respect if after you made a pledge like that, the incoming subsequent president then introduced that he deliberate to take away the director of the FBI and set up in his place somebody who has actually printed successful checklist of individuals he needs to go after as soon as Trump is again in energy?
There are 60 names on this checklist. This man printed it as an appendix — as appendix B to one among his current books. Not his collection of books that described Trump as King Donald — no, these are historical past books for youths. No, the one with the 60 names on an inventory of who he’s going to go get in Trump’s identify as soon as Trump is again in energy, that’s a e book he wrote presumably for adults.
So, what would you do? What would you do if after you made that pledge to not pardon your son, that’s what the subsequent president mentioned he was going to do to U.S. legislation enforcement? What would you do?
What is affordable to demand of a person after what’s been completed to your son already, proper? You able to put him again within the barrel?
Actually, perhaps what President Biden ought to have completed isn’t just pardon his son, Hunter, however identify him ambassador to France, proper? Possibly then the response, the criticism of the choice could be just a little extra muted.
Watch the video:
Rachel Maddow is definitely arguing that Biden is justified to pardon his son after spending 6 months telling us he wouldn’t as a result of Donald Trump needs to nominate an FBI Director of his alternative.
MSNBC isn’t even value $1. pic.twitter.com/xtA21guxSC
— Rebellion Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) December 3, 2024
Maddow may have saved everybody lots of time by simply sitting in entrance of the digicam and saying “However Trump.” That appears to be her argument for every thing.
