President Biden is getting into the Christmas Holiday spirit. I have discussed his shortcomings in vivid detail in various previous blogs, and there is no need to regurgitate them all now. Between his woke, DEI, biased, ill-advised, divisive and fatuous policies, his gaslighting and his family’s corruption and possibly treasonous activities he is sure to be remembered as arguably the worst, most destructive president in history.
However, that is not enough for Biden. Oh, no. On his way out the door he has determined to give Americans a special parting Christmas gift, a figurative “middle finger,” to remember him by, a great big “lump of coal for their Christmas stocking,” the icing on the cake, the cherry on the top of the sundae.
To what am I referring? Glad you asked. Biden has decided to pardon dozens of death row inmates in federal prisons. Yes, presidential pardons are a time-honored right of outgoing presidents, and occasionally there are one or two that raise eyebrows, such as Bill Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich. But Biden has taken the tradition to a new low. It was bad enough that he pardoned his son, Hunter, however that was expected by everyone except the Kool-Aide drinkers. In that vein, I expect him to pardon other family members as well as himself before he departs. Again, not shocking.
However, Biden’s decision to pardon and/or commute the sentences of some 37 of the 40 inmates currently on death row in federal prisons is beyond the pale. This is on top of the 1,500 pardons he recently issued in one day. These inmates have committed the most heinous of violent crimes, including rape and mass murder. Their victims have included women, children and police officers in the performance of their duties. Moreover, many, if not most, of them are illegal aliens, who should not even be in the country. Biden’s lax immigration policies allowed them to enter the country illegally, sometimes several times, and now he has chosen to pardon them or commute their sentences.
In my opinion, there is no justification for this. These criminals were convicted by a jury of their peers as required by the Constitution. This is a complete disregard for the feelings of the families of the victims who had no foreknowledge of this action and who now feel like they have been victimized twice. It is another instance of putting the rights of illegal aliens before those of US citizens. With the stroke of a pen Biden has overridden the US criminal justice system. Whose is a threat to democracy now?
Why did he do it? Has he completely lost his mind? Is he even cognizant of his action? It should be noted that according to the latest CBS poll 53% of Americans are in favor of the death penalty. Yet, according to multiple media reports Biden was influenced by a small but influential group of “progressive lawmakers and criminal justice activists” who had been pressuring him to take this action. The Biden Administration had issued a moratorium on executions of prisoners on death row in federal prisons, and apparently, it was feared that Trump would reinstitute them when he took office.
CONCLUSION
Biden’s approval ratings have continued to decline since the election. The latest polls put it anywhere from the mid-40s to a low of 34% reported by the poll conducted by the Marquette Law School. Pollster Mark Penn, Chairman of the Interactive Inc has opined that Biden’s recent actions have severely damaged his legacy. I concur. It almost seems like he doesn’t care about it or is oblivious to it.
In any event his administration has been implementing policies that are contrary to the will of the people. For example, everyone knows that the American people have given Trump a mandate to, among other things, cut federal spending and finish the border wall. Yet, Biden has been in a rush to spend as much unspent money as possible to thwart the former action and has been selling off unused border wall parts for pennies on the dollar to force the Trump Administration to repurchase new parts. Either he is being spiteful and doesn’t care, or he is oblivious.
It’s been pretty clear that over the last several months, if not longer, that Biden has been the PINO (President in Name Only). He has been nowhere to be found. Now, suddenly he has awoken from his hibernation and is going out in a blaze of shame. History will not be kind to Joe Biden.
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