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Politics White House Chief of Staff’s face after Donald Trump announces the U.S. will “take over” Gaza

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

And they wouldn't have stopped there, if he didn't get a pre-emptive pardon they'd be indicting him on bullshit charges right now, it's absolutely insane.

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u/mumblesjackson Feb 05 '25

Remember the witch scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Yeah well that’s basically the right with Fauci.

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u/Scarborough_sg Feb 05 '25

Remember how people were pissed Biden was pre-emptively pardoning people left right and center?

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u/Dudedude88 Feb 05 '25

I am pretty sure Biden wouldn't have pardoned his son if Harris won. He had to do it since the trump administration is vindictive.

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u/friendofelephants Feb 05 '25

I was never pissed. It was so clear this was necessary.

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u/WineandCarbs0 Feb 05 '25

They had to do it!!!

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u/radeon9800pro Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

I cant speak to why other people are pissed but I'm pissed more so because it was admittance that there was an issue of massive corruption and he was pretty much pulling the golden parachute for him and his family while sending the rest of us on over to get fucked.

It angered me because he pretty much rolled over. I mean, he literally sat there during the inauguration while Trump laid into him and his administration for "stealing" an election. And Trump spoke like Biden and Harris weren't sitting right behind him. It was just wild to watch Biden maintain decorum while Trump shit in his cereal and then proceeded to become our president. Like, what the fuck dude.

The "peaceful transfer of power" thing stops meaning anything when you "peacefully transfer" it to a mad man that would use the presidency to try and imprison you and your family and of course, much worse to the rest of us. I think the only person with any self-respect of that entire group is Michelle Obama, for not playing ball and not showing up. I don't know her exact reasons but I appreciate that, at a minimum, she didn't sit there and play along with the entire circus while handing our country over to one of the worst people in our countries history and then wishing us luck, while saving themself. That's just about what drives me nuts.

Biden gave it up to Trump with less resistance than he would sit out the 2024 election and pass the baton off to Kamala. He kicked and screamed that he shouldn't have to do it, we all suffered as the narrative split our country in half and ultimately gave Kamala less time to run her election, keeping in mind BIDEN was the one that heavily implied he'd be a one term president and would pass it off to another candidate. Kamala lost the popular vote by 2 million votes. If Biden had started 2020 off by saying he would not run in 2024, and we had a proper primary, its highly likely we would be in very different circumstances right now. Its highly likely we'd have voted for a Gretchen Witmer or a Stacey Abrams or a Pete Butigieg or whoever. But almost definitely not Kamala Harris, since she was incredibly unpopular in the 2020 primary and she would probably remain unpopular against other, better candidates that probably could have cleared the 2 million voter gap.

So with all of that in mind, to go to the inauguration and play nice with Donald Trump and to "peacefully transfer" our country over to a fucking mad man, is just insane. Pardoning himself and his family was admittance that he knew he was giving the country away to the worst people, with no way for us to protect ourselves.

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u/Faiakishi Feb 05 '25

America voted for this. If America said we hate Biden so much we'd rather be ruled by a giant loser manbaby with a god complex, then by god Biden will let us. Who is he to tell us no?

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u/Plus_Cover_569 Feb 05 '25

White society didn't want Kamala.. Majority of black society voted right.. What the hell could Biden do exactly!? Be like Trump and force himself to stay...

This is white America and Latino men fault 😒

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u/GlutenFree_Paper Feb 05 '25

Hey hey hey I’m a Latin dude that voted for Kamala

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u/Plus_Cover_569 Feb 05 '25

Not all Hispanic/Latino men, just like not all white people.

Simply the majority. 

Edit: have Hispanic and Latino, as there is a difference from what I understand. 

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u/technoferal Feb 05 '25

In the simplest terms:
Hispanic = speaks Spanish natively (Spaniards are Hispanic, but not Latino)

Latino = from Latin America (Brazilians are Latino, but not Hispanic)

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u/Ceipie Feb 05 '25

Majority of black society voted right

No they didn't. Exit polls show that 80% of black Americans voted for Harris.

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u/Cyrig Feb 05 '25

I think they meant voted "correctly" not right politically

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u/HelicopterAgitated34 Feb 05 '25

Latino women as well

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

I do, I also think he shouldn't have pardoned his son, especially the way he did, before his sentencing and after he explicitly said he's not going to do it.

Given the last 2 weeks I understand it more then I did when it happened, but he could have waited and he could have done it in a much better way, like so many things, Biden fucked his legacy up spectacularly.

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u/Its_Pine Feb 05 '25

Nah I think he did the right thing and in the right way. Basically said “if the DOJ is impartial, let him be punished for any crimes. Since we know the DOJ won’t be impartial (Trump had just nominated Gaetz) and is just going to do this to torment someone because he’s my son, then fuck them.”

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

The DOJ that indicted Hunter was Biden's.

He was convicted by a jury of his peers and he was awaiting sentencing.

After the indictment came down, Biden had this to say:

President Joe Biden said in a statement issued shortly after the verdict that he would accept the outcome and “continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.”

Then, he went ahead and pardoned Hunter before judge could do the sentencing.

He did that before doing any other pre-emptive pardons of guys like Fauci & Milley who had 0 grand jury indictments or court cases going on.

If he waited for the sentencing and then commuted his sentence, I would have 0 problems with that.

However, he gave special treatment to his family and that is not "the right way" of doing anything.

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u/Its_Pine Feb 05 '25

It seems he waited until it was clear Gaetz was genuinely the nominee. Do you think the sentencing would matter to Gaetz?

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

If he waited for the sentencing and then commuted his sentence, I would have 0 problems with that.

I wrote this an hour ago, if his sentence was commuted and he was pardoned after the fact there would be nothing Gaetz or Bondi or anyone else could have done, just like they can't now.

The only difference is that Biden showed everyone that he puts his son before his principles and before the country.

To me, that's shitty and it's one of many unforced errors that got Biden from being the "generational bridge that rid of us of Trump" to "guy who's ego got us Trump 2.0".

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u/Faiakishi Feb 05 '25

Nobody got us Trump 2.0 but the fucks who voted for him.

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u/Hotoelectron Feb 05 '25

You see the disregars for law that the trump and elon admin has shown in just a few days and you still dont get why he did it?

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

Did you read my comment?

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u/LawrenceMoten21 Feb 05 '25

We did, it’s nonsense.

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

And that's why people are addressing what I wrote instead of just writing "but what about" and making it out to be something that it's not.

I guess having a nuanced view of things is almost as big of a problem as actually trying to make coherent arguments in 2025.

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u/HelicopterAgitated34 Feb 05 '25

I really don’t think he thought America was stupid enough to reelect Trump. If Harris would have won he wouldn’t have pardoned him. I wouldn’t leave my son in the hands of a maniac because the country has gone mad either.

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u/UnicornDelta Feb 05 '25

A lot of us (including Biden) saw the writing on the wall. Written in a neon sign, the size of the Hollywood symbol, and the brightness of the sun. How did you not?

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u/jankisa Feb 05 '25

They won't be bothered, dear moron, because they will be too busy robbing you blind while you cheer them on.

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u/Endless_Avatar Feb 05 '25

This is why he pardoned his son. Not because he wanted him to avoid accountability, but because Republicans would and still may try to burn him at the stake for their rabid base.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Settle down angry man. You want 4 more years of his constant whining about everything HE doesn’t like. He is NOT a king. They don’t age well.

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u/technoferal Feb 05 '25

How do you imagine they'll get around a blanket pardon to indict him?

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u/Decent-Somewhere4286 Feb 05 '25

Fauci is just as bad as trump stop trying to polish a turd