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Jim Dueholm's avatar

Good post, but I think there are differences between Trump's pardons and many of those issued by Biden. While it appears most of Trump's beneficiaries were pardoned, they likely were a combination of pardon and commutation, since many of them were in or had been in the slammer. Many of Biden's beneficiaries hadn't spent a day in jail or, in many cases, hadn't even been charged with a crime. Trump's pardons and commutations were limited to actors in a particular event, while many of Biden's pardons included crimes known or unknown in broad time periods. There's an element of equal justice under law in Trump's pardons and commutations, for his beneficiaries felt the full force of the law while most of the 2020 rioters escaped justice. Jim Dueholm

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Doug Israel's avatar

You got it right and its why so many of us who hate the left opposed Trump. He is going to do these wrongful things, both terrible and cringe. Hes still better than Biden but it maybe didn't have to be this way. Well it is what it is. Its what the people voted for and we have to make the best of it, hope is overall policies are successful and that in 2028 a Republican with a better sense of decorum becomes president.

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