How are you satisfied with Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden and calling it a day? The rich and the powerful get justice and that's it? Why defend Biden on this one?
The Democrats refuse to use power for the sake of norms until they personally can benefit from breaking the norm. This doesn't help anyone other than Hunter Biden. They should challenge norms for the benefit of the American people. Biden has the pardon power and plenty of time left. He should use it! edit: typo
But Biden should totally be able to hammer it out one rainy morning.
Why not? Democrats should use the power of the government to improve people's lives.
edit: looks like lemmy downtime caused a double post
The letter noted that the US has disproportionately incarcerated people of color, low-income individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those with disabilities, and that 90% of the federal prison population was convicted on non-violent offenses.
90% of them are non-violent offenders. I'm not convinced the other 10% would result in the country burning down. They weren't born in prison, but the country still managed to arrest them when they did something wrong. How about we arrest them again if they break the law instead of self-immolating for no reason? Or just pardon the 90% with non-violent offenses.
A straightforward way to protect people from fascists would be to get them out of prisons where they will otherwise be easy targets.
Anything would be better than nothing. People are saying democrats should challenge norms. I agree. Get these pardons moving.
XD They need to give him his aviators, it's way too bright out there for him. I would probably be squinting too lol. edit: typo
It's the bare minimum. We are supposed to have justice for all in this country. Not just justice for Hunter Biden.
How about Biden starts now and focuses on getting as many done as possible. What's this angle of pretending it's too difficult?
The letter noted that the US has disproportionately incarcerated people of color, low-income individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community and those with disabilities, and that 90% of the federal prison population was convicted on non-violent offenses.
What are you talking about? If the rich and the powerful get justice why not the rest of us too? Since when has justice been too broad?
The first people the fascists are going to go after will likely be minorities and immigrants in prison.
If Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden doesn't bother you then neither should this. This is what we should be calling for, because the justice system isn't fair to anyone, not just Hunter Biden.
President Carter!
If Democrats are going to do this for Hunter then lets do it for the illegal immigrants in federal prison who are probably going to be deported by fascists. And lets give them citizenship too. If Hunter shouldn't be the subject of a political witch hunt then neither should immigrants.
Until then this pardon is nepotism. And I want none of it in the government. edit: typo
How about instead of letting Republicans control the narrative we point out how immigrants have been treated unfairly by the system and tell everyone we think the pardon is a great idea. People are doing it for Hunter Biden why not immigrants?