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Like I said I don't like the idea of issuing a vague pardon that isn't for a specific crime but I reject the idea that this is anyway comparable to Trump pardoning his cronies which got nowhere near the same amount of attention despite being far more egregious.
I can think Biden pardoning Hunter is wrong and that he shouldn't issue vague, blanket pardons for Liz Cheney was also recognizing not only that Trump's pardons were far worse, as they were for accomplices, but that Trump himself is giving Biden good reason to think about this option with how openly he is threatening to go after political opponents in a manner unprecedented in US. We're supposed to look at all this and think Biden is the problem here? Nah.
For all the screaming some of y'all do about "threat to democracy dictator level", it's mind-blowing you're legitimately fine with Trump AMPLIFYING whatever he'd do in the next 4 years with the power of pardoning anyone in the future for anything they may be accused of. Because if a future pardon is given out to the Cheney group of the world that "covers stuff they'd be accused of" this is the worst take of 2024 imo. This is LITERALLY telling Trump to do infinitely worse in 2028. It's better to pardon someone for murder than it is to create a new precedent for Trump that he can future pardon his buddies in this manner. Or any future president after him. I don't think it's even close. This is the difference between thinking in the moment and thinking of long term impact.
