Obscene, Grotesque & Despicable Pardons [semi-satire]

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Posted on 01/25/2025 9:24:11 PM PST by John Semmens

Newly pardoned Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) lashed out at President Trump's pardons for 1500 individuals convicted for their participation in the alleged insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, calling them "obscene and grotesque. Our democracy hung by as thread that day as a mob of MAGA extremists trespassed into the Capitol building forcing 100s of frightened members of Congress, myself included, to flee in fear for our lives."

Newly pardoned Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md), condemned "the unjust release of domestic terrorists who tried to overthrow our government is despicable. If it weren't for the shooting of one of the insurrectionists by a heroic Capitol Police officer she might have killed me. I am thankful she didn't live to escape justice like the 1500 others that Trump pardoned this week who will now serve as his reserve army of political foot soldiers."

Newly pardoned former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill) lamented that "Trump's pardons for the 1500 January 6 rioters has unleashed dangerous criminals onto our streets. This adds yet another impeachable offense to his already shameful record. I'm 100% confident that everybody that's supporting these pardons, everybody that was pardoned and the president himself will go down in history as very, very scorned."

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Ok) called the complaints about Trump's pardons "ludicrous. While there was some disorderly and violent behavior by a small minority of the 1500, those individuals have already served longer sentences in jail than individuals who did far worse during the George Floyd riots. None of the 1500 were even charged with, much less convicted of insurrection because none of them brought the weapons needed to overthrow the government. None of them killed anyone."

"Let's take a look at some of the pardons and commutations President Biden issued the past few weeks," Mullin suggested. "He commuted the sentences of 37 murders on death row. He also pardoned all of the members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol even though none of them have been charged with a crime. He pardoned his family members for any crimes they may have committed since 2014. This was after he explicitly promised that he wouldn't do that. Trump ran on a promise that he would pardon of the 1500. Doesn't his election win give him a mandate to fulfill that promise?"

"No it doesn't," Schiff replied. "No one expects promises made by politicians to be kept. It's all part of the game of getting elected. President Biden's promise not to pardon family members was made in the true spirit of how to win votes. Since he didn't get elected there isn't even a moral argument that he should keep his promise."

In related news, Trump also pardoned 23 individuals who were imprisoned for advocating for life outside of abortion clinics. Trump asserted that "the completely peaceful expression of views one disagrees with must never be suppressed in a free country. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act was improperly exploited by the Biden Administration to silence the voices of those who oppose the killing of babies. The only thing the 23 I pardoned used were words and prayers, both of which are protected in the First Amendment to our Constitution."

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson disagreed with Trump, saying "expectant mothers seeking to abort their child are already emotionally strained by a difficult decision. Having to pass by people who disagree with their decision, even it is only silent praying, is meant to shame them into letting their babies live. Access to abortion is a human right that must not be impeded in any way. Those whose methods are psychological are just as dangerous to this right as those who would physically prevent them from entering one of our clinics."

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1 posted on 01/25/2025 9:24:11 PM PST by John Semmens

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2 posted on 01/25/2025 9:28:19 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )

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3 posted on 01/25/2025 9:33:58 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)

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4 posted on 01/25/2025 9:45:22 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )

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