Whereas many Democrats are upset about Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son Hunter, as a result of it makes them appear like complete hypocrites and liars, some folks on the left are defending Biden’s determination.
A type of folks 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 excellent 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 fully justifies Biden’s transfer.
Transcript by way of Actual Clear Politics:
It’s true that President Biden had stated he wouldn’t pardon his son.
And it could or will not be associated, however wouldn’t it 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 listing of individuals he needs to go after as soon as Trump is again in energy?
There are 60 names on this listing. This man printed it as an appendix — as appendix B to one in every of his current books. Not his collection of books that described Trump as King Donald — no, these are historical past books for teenagers. No, the one with the 60 names on an inventory of who he’s going to go get in Trump’s title as soon as Trump is again in energy, that’s a guide 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 following president stated he was going to do to U.S. regulation enforcement? What would you do?
What is affordable to demand of a person after what’s been executed to your son already, proper? You able to put him again within the barrel?
Actually, possibly what President Biden ought to have executed is not only pardon his son, Hunter, however title him ambassador to France, proper? Perhaps then the response, the criticism of the choice can be slightly 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 might have saved everybody a whole lot of time by simply sitting in entrance of the digicam and saying “However Trump.” That appears to be her argument for the whole lot.
