Trump Pardons Ulbricht, Betraying His Demand That Drug Dealers Deserve Death

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : This was solely a matter of the leaders of the Free Ross campaign correctly calculating that their best chance to achieve their goals was to ingratiate themselves with Trump and hope he won the election.
43% : Shower Trump with praise and you can get away with murder (or at least drug trafficking).
42% : Anyway, all of the following may be true:As you've likely heard from other news sources, on Tuesday Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the original "dark web" Silk Road marketplace.
34% : This wasn't all that surprising, given that supporters of the "Free Ross Ulbricht" movement had spent years sucking up to Trump, and he had promised to do this, even as (at the very same time) he has insisted over and over again that drug dealers deserve the death penalty (sometimes even without due process).
30% : If you pledge undying loyalty to Trump, you may be able to get away with all sorts of lawlessness.

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