As 45 was winding down in 2020 and 2021, the Democrats invented a meme that Donald Trump was going to preemptively pardon Don Jr., Ivanka, and all the Trump family for “crimes” they never committed, and created a frenzy around the hoax.
The point, obviously, was to continue heaping dirt on Trump and stoke up the hatred. It is what they do, and they used to do it well.
Of course, those pardons never happened, but one useful thing happened because the Democrats decided to go down that road: the Pravda Media and the Democrats left behind a trail of damning quotes and videos in which they condemned broad preemptive pardons and argued that accepting them would be prima facia evidence that the recipient was an unindicted or unconvicted criminal.
Incredible video of numerous Democrats and media commentators suggesting that a President granting a preemptive pardon is evidence of wrongdoing….
— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 20, 2025
They insisted that any president who considered such a move was grossly abusing his power, and going down that road (which Trump did not) would be just one more gross abuse of power. Trump was said to violate the precious “norms” of America (which only apply to Republicans since Democrats abuse power solely for the good of Americans, while Republicans are Nazis who rape, pillage, and steal).
FLASHBACK: Chuck Schumer on Trump potentially issuing preemptive pardons:
“That would be a gross abuse of the presidential pardon authority”
Any comment on Biden’s preemptive pardons @SenSchumer? pic.twitter.com/kNNRYMhpkU
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 20, 2025
Now that George Washington/FDR/Cincinnatus has left a trail of preemptive pardons in his wake, including for Adam Schiff, the January 6th Committee, Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, and his entire crime family, the problem is that Republicans FORCED him to do this.
“they all got pardoned today.”
But MSNBC says that if you need a pardon, you must be a criminal. pic.twitter.com/K08c5zpbKk
— Douglas Ritz (@douglasritz) January 20, 2025
Biden’s pardons were the result of Republicans’ determination to destroy Trump’s enemies rather than some admission of genuine legal vulnerability. Trump, unlike Democrats, might prosecute his political opponents. Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, and the fine upstanding citizens would never do anything so petty as to go after Trump, his allies and cabinet members, or anybody associated with Trump.
Right?
Incredible video of numerous Democrats and media commentators suggesting that a President granting a preemptive pardon is evidence of wrongdoing….
— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 20, 2025
This is, of course, beyond absurd. Still, the Pravda Media is trying to sell this nonsense to us with the idea that Democrats should be able to commit any crime because they are the good guys. At the same time, Republicans who did nothing wrong should be persecuted and tossed in jail at the first moment they can be.
Notice Adam Schiff’s silence now that he is the lying crony receiving the pardon in the scenario and the person doing the pardoning is Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/Z91tulef9G
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) January 20, 2025
Some of this they actually believe because they presume that being a Republican is prima facia evidence that you are a criminal. Being a Democrat–unless you cross the powers that be, that is–is proof of virtue. Hunter Biden, for God’s sake, was defended by the Establishment despite copious evidence that he was a corrupt human trafficking felon who filmed his own crimes.
Cory Booker is really struggling with the mental and rhetorical gymnastics required to justify Biden’s pardons, but attack Trump’s.
Democrat brains are on overload trying to square this circle. pic.twitter.com/Gyn9BK0XJL
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 21, 2025
That was Russian disinformation. And you know Trump is a Russian spy…
Biden’s own Justice Department just argued that any January 6th defendant who accepted a pardon was admitting that they were a criminal, but this argument too applies only to Republicans.
ICYMI:
Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is “a confession of guilt.” pic.twitter.com/TGCA0EUa2e
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 20, 2025
I actually think that the norm prohibiting the prosecution of political people out of power for crimes committed while executing their duties is generally a good one, except for cases where power was grossly abused in an obvious way. Any marginal cases should be ignored because down that path lies Banana Republic-land. It can be frustrating, but the danger of tit-for-tat prosecutions is rarely worth the satisfaction.
Gross abuses, of course, are a different matter. Shredding documents, cover-ups of gross crimes such as killing 20 million people (I am looking at you, Anthony Fauci), and committing treason (Mark Milley) should be prosecuted, but less serious or ambiguous crimes should be overlooked not because doing so satisfies justice, but because we live in a world where “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” can easily become a call to action against inconvenient enemies.
We can’t let the hypocrisy go because if it goes unpunished, it will be repeated. A few high-profile scalps–not everyone in the manner of Garland’s January 6th witch hunt–are in order.
I nominate Milley, Mayorkas, and Fauci as candidates. Find a way around the pardons. Catch them in new perjuries. Whatever it takes.
Them’s the rules the Democrats made.
And remember–the Pravda Media said accepting a pardon is proof of criminality, so keep repeating that these people are guilty.
