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Joe Biden's decision to pardon his family sends a terrible message to the world,
Tommy Vietor said on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Wednesday
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The Democratic Party had a tough cycle,
he told host Jesse WattersNow it's put up or shut up time."
As Trump jolts into action after assuming office, Vietor cautioned RepublicansI don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,
said the president, referring to a misconception about how rain and snowmelt is managed in the state that he has repeated since the fires
I think we’ll let Congress decide.”
Asked if Congress — both chambers of which are controlled by Republicans — should investigate the pardons, Trump repliedHe just asked me a question about the letter, and I remember, like a custom you leave it in the drawer of that beautiful desk right alongside of us,
Trump saidThis guy went around giving everybody pardons, and you know, the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is he didn't give himself a pardon,
Trump said, raising eyebrows across the political spectrum
We are going to bring law and order back to our cities,
he said in a reference to crime-ridden urban areas that have declined under Biden
The golden age of America begins right now,
Trump said in his speechWe now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad,
Trump said while President Biden and Vice President Harris were sitting close byThe outgoing and incoming presidents both abused their pardon powers on Monday, undermining the rule of law and setting dangerous precedents that perpetuate America’s divisions, ... Pardons from Biden and Trump flout the rule of law."
The Washington Post editorial board wrote on Tuesday in an article headlinedAfter his inauguration, President Donald Trump ended the day by giving clemency to everyone who had tried to keep him in power at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including those who had been convicted of seditious conspiracy,
The Post continuedThis is not the way the rule of law works,
the D.C. media outlet saidPresident Joe Biden started the trouble by issuing preemptive pardons for five family members as well as former members of his administration,
the Post wroteIt is also true that prosecutors can harass people without bringing charges, forcing them to incur significant legal costs,
the Post continuedIt has nothing to do with what Trump did today.”
While Sanders left the door open to let others decide whether Biden was right or wrong to pardon his family members, he asserted
If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.”
At the time, Vance saidWhat Trump is saying to the world is that it is okay for you to attack police officers when you have a mind to do that,
he saidThe pardons by outgoing President Biden and incoming President Trump yesterday signal a dangerous new era in pardoning,
said Bernadette Meyler, a constitutional law expert at Stanford UniversityThe recent precedents are disturbing, ... and will be seen by some future presidents as a license to pardon friends, family, cronies without any consequence other than history’s judgment.”
Rozell said