jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 15 天前Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attackwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down16
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkTrump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attackwww.nbcnews.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 15 天前message-square21fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down1·15 天前I’m actually surprised he did but I guess Brownshirts gotta come from somewhere. I genuinely thought he’d leave them twisting in the wind.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·15 天前I’m also surprised he actually gave enough of a shit to pardon them. I assumed he’d just forget about them.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·15 天前He doesn’t. He did it in order to set the precedent that crime and violence committed on his behalf will be pardoned.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·15 天前I somehow thought it would be more calculated and not quite so broad.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-215 天前To be fair “calculated” and “Trump” don’t exaclty go hand in hand. His ban of and then saving of Tiktok falls under the most Basic Bitch Strong Men Tactics.
I’m actually surprised he did but I guess Brownshirts gotta come from somewhere.
I genuinely thought he’d leave them twisting in the wind.
I’m also surprised he actually gave enough of a shit to pardon them. I assumed he’d just forget about them.
He doesn’t. He did it in order to set the precedent that crime and violence committed on his behalf will be pardoned.
I somehow thought it would be more calculated and not quite so broad.
To be fair “calculated” and “Trump” don’t exaclty go hand in hand.
His ban of and then saving of Tiktok falls under the most Basic Bitch Strong Men Tactics.