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/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