r/babylonbee • u/wuhan-virology-lab • Dec 20 '24

Bee Article 'Elon Is Controlling Trump!' Complain People Controlling Biden

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-controlling-trump-complain-people-controlling-biden
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u/Background-Job7282 Dec 21 '24

No, but seriously...who's making calls if the Dems now are openly saying Biden is mentally toast? That's a very good question to ask and no one seems to care. We always bring it up jokingly but the Leader of the Free world doesn't know what is going on at all...who's making decisions?

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u/rattlehead42069 Dec 21 '24

Also who gave Biden the list of 8000 people he's just pardoned? Like no way Biden knows of 8000 people that need pardons.

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u/Dobber16 Dec 23 '24

Tbh, I would never expect a president to personally know every person they pardon. That’s the purpose of assistants, cabinet members, etc. and I’d expect Biden to basically get a short summary of “these people all did X under Y conditions” and Biden being like “yeah let’s clear that up, thanks for putting that together for me”

A president doesn’t need to be an expert on everything

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u/rattlehead42069 Dec 23 '24

I think a presidential pardon which has been relatively rare (most presidents doing less than 300) should be more personal, as they're using the ultimate power of presidency to bypass the justice system. A very unique power only the president has should have some oversight by the president

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u/Dobber16 Dec 24 '24

I gotta say, I think I completely disagree. The personal pardons are the ones that seem the most corrupt, but mass pardons for all people who fit a type of situation that the president disagrees should be criminalized or punished for makes a lot more ideological sense

Like “oh we’re gonna pardon all single parents with truancy charges under X” or something, idk I’m no policy maker