#tfg #gop #Biden #hunterbiden #gregabbott
The hypocrisy of republicans, where was the outrage when Abbott pardoned a guy who killed a peaceful protester in Texas including restoration of firearm rights ?
“ More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester in Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Perry, 37, on Thursday shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a full pardon.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/16/daniel-perry-greg-abbott-pardon/
@Jorro I'm not a fan of Joe Biden, and I don't think he should have repeatedly promised not to do something, then did it anyway.
But seriously, with the pile of pardons Republicans have made of people who broke far worse laws, I feel like they should shut the hell up.
But I already thought they should shut the hell up.
@AskTheDevil all the politicians lie , but not as much as Trump , republicans are in a meltdown and I love it , at the end they can go and f@&$8 themselves, like you said , they have pardoned far worse criminals, what we should do is mock them.
@Jorro I agree! I'm with you!
@AskTheDevil @Jorro His political career is over, and I doubt he cares much about the optics anymore.
He can save his son, and enable him to better weather the storms ahead if he should end up targeted by the incoming administration.
He's probably guilty but the president has the power to pardon whomever he wishes so if that's the system, that's the system.
I think one might want to buckle up compared to whats probably coming.
@NiveusLepus @Jorro
I'm trying really hard to resist going on about this topic, but I don't seem to have any "won't power".
My problem is not that he pardoned Hunter. It's that he _repeatedly_ said he was not going to. It seems to me that his plan was to claim he wasn't going to pardon his own kid (over something he should have) for political points, then when it turned out Trump won, suddenly he cared about justice.
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@NiveusLepus @Jorro Also, there's a lot of other people who could use a pardon, that he's ignoring, too.
Like Leonard Peltier, for instance.
He didn't do this for justice. He made promises he figured he wouldn't have to keep (which he's done many times), and protected his own, not the country.
When we can't trust people to do what they say, how can we work with and believe in them?
And if that's how the presidency works, how are people expected to believe in anything?
@AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus @Jorro
I am usually bothered when a politician makes a clear public promise to voters, then breaks it. I was unhappy when Joe broke his promise to not run for a second term.
@AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus @Jorro
I love Joe, but you definitely make some good points. It is a sad state of affairs.
@HopeSeeker @NiveusLepus @Jorro
It's possible to love someone and not be okay with it when they do something they shouldn't.
But at this point, I doubt he's likely to do much more damage. We'll have someone who _wants_ to do damage to worry about.
Dammit.
@HopeSeeker @AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus yes, that was a mistake .
@Jorro @HopeSeeker @NiveusLepus I think the campaign was pretty much already screwed by that point.
I feel, again, like it was the right choice at the time - it was worth a shot. But all the other choices up to it, including yet another time he went back on his word, that's a problem.
@AskTheDevil @HopeSeeker @NiveusLepus yes, I think so .
@HopeSeeker @AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus @Jorro
Likewise. I heard him say it personally.
@LnzyHou @AskTheDevil @NiveusLepus @Jorro
Well I’ve made plenty of mistakes, so maybe I shouldn’t throw stones…
@HopeSeeker @LnzyHou @NiveusLepus @Jorro
I dunno, did you make any mistakes while throwing rocks?
Ah? Ahhhh?
@LnzyHou @HopeSeeker @NiveusLepus @Jorro
Some say expectation is the root of suffering.
I think really that's my beef. I have higher expectations of what we need in government, and all we've got is these frail, self-absorbed, fickle people.
We need people of real character and wisdom, not people who read polls to see what "optics" they want today.
@HopeSeeker @NiveusLepus @Jorro
Me too.
I was also unhappy with his promise to forgive all student debt, then claiming he didn't promise that, then doing it half-assed.
I was unhappy with his promise to be the best union president, then turning on the railroad workers, who just wanted a couple sick days.
He promised lots of things, then walked back or wanted credit for doing half-assed delivery.
And now we have TFG to worry about.