The Hunter Biden Pardon Is a Strategic Mistake

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : But how do Democrats make that case now that Biden sounds so much like Trump when it comes to the justice system?
48% : And besides, some might say, who cares about norms and the rule of law if Trump is back in power?
43% : Nothing will stop Trump from doing such things, nor will he pay any political price for such future pardons: All he ever cared about was winning the White House to stay out of jail, and he's accomplished that mission.
40% : It's stomach-turning to watch Republicans criticize Biden for this pardon after Trump handed them out during his first term like a guy spreading around drink vouchers in front of a casino.
34% : They would have had to say, on the record, whether they agreed with Trump letting people who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law-enforcement officers out of jail.
24% : The Bidens should get what they can get while giving Trump the finger, shouldn't they?I think anyone making these nihilistic arguments will come to regret them, but that's a discussion for another day.
18% : Although Trump would have remained beyond the reach of the voters, the vulnerable Republicans running for reelection might have pleaded with him to avoid some of the more potentially disgusting pardons.
15% : Biden has now hobbled an effective case that his own party could have made going into 2026, even against Trump.

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