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David Boyle

(615 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:44 AM Dec 4

Donald Trump Pardon Supported by Top Democrat

Source: Newsweek

Democratic Rep. James Clyburn has said he supports President Joe Biden pardoning Donald Trump.
...

Clyburn on CNN said he agrees with Senator Joe Manchin, an independent, about Biden pardoning Trump of the charges in the federal cases.
...

Asked if he would support the pardon, Clyburn said: "Yes, I could, absolutely. Because the Supreme Court has pretty much made it very clear, that he is preemptively pardoned of anything he may do as president."

Newsweek has contacted the White house for comment via email outside of normal working hours.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pardon-democrat-rep-jim-clyburn-joe-biden-1995246

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Donald Trump Pardon Supported by Top Democrat (Original Post) David Boyle Dec 4 OP
:/ C Moon Dec 4 #1
That's one way to put it David Boyle Dec 4 #2
Oh, and: contact info; my other post on this David Boyle Dec 4 #35
FUCK THAT AZ8theist Dec 4 #3
To be fair... FBaggins Dec 4 #15
I am with you choie Dec 4 #20
You're about to leave the party? Where ya gonna go? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 4 #24
Yeah, I was going to say.. There's way More Good Cha Dec 4 #97
Whoooooo David Boyle Dec 4 #103
Cyburn, heh David Boyle Dec 4 #25
Is it me, or are folks just reading the immunity ruling wrongly and giving Trump a pass at everything when it does not Jit423 Dec 5 #140
You (and I) are correct, it was supposed to mean things done while performing presidential duties - last time Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 5 #141
Multiverse of Matt Gaetz David Boyle Dec 5 #144
Absolutely Rebl2 Dec 5 #145
While I reserve the right to change my mind; Oh, HELL NO! electric_blue68 Dec 4 #4
5-nuke post David Boyle Dec 4 #26
Well, the man's a horror show. And we're about to get "Season 2"! electric_blue68 Dec 4 #89
What? Are you an idiot Clyburn? tornado34jh Dec 4 #5
WTAF Karma13612 Dec 4 #6
Yes, official/unofficial distinction David Boyle Dec 4 #43
Sorry I didn't come back to you sooner! Karma13612 Dec 10 #146
Tryin'! David Boyle Dec 10 #147
WTF ??? SamKnause Dec 4 #7
"Disappointment Dems" David Boyle Dec 4 #28
My first reaction was no way in hell. Lonestarblue Dec 4 #8
The fact that he won't be held accountable choie Dec 4 #18
He will say he was exonerated like he has done all the other times. travelingthrulife Dec 4 #52
You have a point FalloutShelter Dec 4 #60
Accepting a pardon is NOT an admission of guilt. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 4 #85
This is still being debated... FalloutShelter Dec 4 #88
Clyburn is folding in advance, giving up based on presumptions. He is wrong Bernardo de La Paz Dec 4 #9
Never obey in advance I_UndergroundPanther Dec 4 #27
Exactly. FM123 Dec 4 #74
Ford's pardon of Nixon enabled tRump. Not again. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 4 #10
If they want to keep losing this would be the way. nt RandiFan1290 Dec 4 #11
This operates as if tRump would accept MaineBlueBear Dec 4 #12
He doesn't have to accept/reject it FBaggins Dec 4 #17
So let him pardon himself choie Dec 4 #19
I suspect he pardoned himself in 2021 MaineBlueBear Dec 4 #96
! David Boyle Dec 4 #105
This exactly why Democrats lose. ramedy Dec 4 #13
Fascist sympathizers crawling out from under their desk. Where is the resistance to fascism from our team?????? Hotler Dec 4 #14
OMG - elected Democrats are going into mega-kumbaya mode. NO! NO PARDONS FOR TRUMP! Vinca Dec 4 #16
Tired of all of the Icanthinkformyself Dec 4 #21
Yes and I have little doubt that Clyburn and Manchin moniss Dec 4 #22
As I understand it, Trump is immune from official acts. everyonematters Dec 4 #23
I can't say what I think should happen... returnee Dec 4 #29
NO times a million!!! lark Dec 4 #30
WHY THE FUCK WOULD HE SAY THIS?? LymphocyteLover Dec 4 #31
That's what I want to know. Mike 03 Dec 4 #77
'Legend' or not.... Quanto Magnus Dec 4 #90
Ford pardoned Nixon rambler_american Dec 4 #32
absolutely fucking not. barbtries Dec 4 #38
Apart from the ridiculous idea here, I don't think he is right about what SCOTUS said LymphocyteLover Dec 4 #33
Well, did anybody Traildogbob Dec 4 #34
"Democratic Rep. James Clyburn has said he supports President Joe Biden pardoning Donald Trump" Ray Bruns Dec 4 #36
What. barbtries Dec 4 #37
Hopefully just Clyburn David Boyle Dec 4 #41
WEAKSAUCE HYPOCRISY! spudspud Dec 4 #39
Better spuds than weak sauce David Boyle Dec 4 #40
A normal person might see a pardon as a peace offering no matter how morally wrong it would be to do it. hadEnuf Dec 4 #42
What is wrong with these fools??? travelingthrulife Dec 4 #44
He wouldn't need a pardon if he weren't a criminal IronLionZion Dec 4 #45
Losing the election wasn't enough? sellitman Dec 4 #46
Clyburn is messing with people, don't BootinUp Dec 4 #47
What do you mean? David Boyle Dec 4 #51
I missed one word but it should be readable, lol BootinUp Dec 4 #54
Don't laugh, but David Boyle Dec 4 #57
I fixed it already. Nt BootinUp Dec 4 #59
Thx David Boyle Dec 4 #62
I sure wish you would expand on this. Mike 03 Dec 4 #79
Briefly BootinUp Dec 4 #86
I sort of agree -misanthroptimist Dec 4 #48
Rec for thoughtfulness, even if one disagrees David Boyle Dec 4 #53
Two points: -misanthroptimist Dec 4 #71
Oh, I think I get it Mike 03 Dec 4 #82
You got it. -misanthroptimist Dec 4 #95
NO! PortTack Dec 4 #49
F**K this bullshit. The sociopath tried to overthrow the government for gosh sakes. Between those Democrats upset JohnSJ Dec 4 #50
With "leadership" like this... Wuddles440 Dec 4 #55
Is this a good idea? ColinC Dec 4 #56
Not A Good Idea! Aviation91 Dec 4 #58
Clyburn must either be a moron or a coward if he thinks that Biden pardoning Trump, the insurrectionist, is reasonable. xocetaceans Dec 4 #61
Trumputinmusk David Boyle Dec 4 #69
Another shooting ourselves in the foot moment! bluestarone Dec 4 #63
Hurtin' your head there! David Boyle Dec 4 #65
FFS Easterncedar Dec 4 #64
No Dem4life1970 Dec 4 #66
Yes, and not even all official acts are immune, David Boyle Dec 4 #67
Nope. Not a chance in hell that I would support that. City Lights Dec 4 #68
Trump will fuck the country if he doesn't get off. Turbineguy Dec 4 #70
Democratic Rep. James Clyburn is a freaking idiot...yet again. NotHardly Dec 4 #72
Another one that thinks if he sucks up to the convicted felon republianmushroom Dec 4 #73
That's Some Strange Logic RobinA Dec 4 #75
He is wrong... kirby Dec 4 #76
Joe Biden is NOT going to pardon Trump. dchill Dec 4 #78
Call him J-9 Dec 4 #107
Or use the link I provided... David Boyle Dec 4 #108
F NO! berksdem Dec 4 #80
No way. A president insurrectionist. No. Bluethroughu Dec 4 #81
Hmmm... When Political People Change Course Drastically, It Usually Boils Down To... hotellanai1986 Dec 4 #83
Blackmail... maybe David Boyle Dec 4 #94
Fuck that shit AKwannabe Dec 4 #84
WTF is wrong with these people? doc03 Dec 4 #87
Force the mo fo to pardon himself. kerouac2 Dec 4 #91
Letting election stealing Bush brothers off the hook GoreWon2000 Dec 4 #92
Ridiculous. n/t malthaussen Dec 4 #93
Glad he's not repping me. Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 4 #98
E.g., "YAAAAGH!!" David Boyle Dec 4 #101
That and I'd be voting for his opponent come primary time. Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 5 #129
If the thought is Mz Pip Dec 4 #99
Ding-ding-ding! You get the prize!! David Boyle Dec 4 #100
Pardon him? Omnipresent Dec 4 #102
Magic wand David Boyle Dec 4 #106
Look what Ford brought us by pardoning Nixon. nt doc03 Dec 4 #104
It brought us Jimmy Carter. 24601 Dec 5 #134
No Trump doc03 Dec 5 #135
Can you lay out a reasonable cause and effect? The 1976 election was sufficiently close to infer that the Nixon pardon 24601 Dec 5 #138
I think not prosicuting Nixon for his crimes doc03 Dec 5 #139
Absolutely no pardon for Trump. LiberalFighter Dec 4 #109
Oh hell to the no, Clyburn! IzzaNuDay Dec 4 #110
Donald Trump - Don Tr - DoTard David Boyle Dec 4 #111
Kim Jong Un started using dotard back in 2017 IzzaNuDay Dec 4 #114
"Good taste" David Boyle Dec 5 #115
The time to dangle a pardon was Deminpenn Dec 4 #112
What about graft? David Boyle Dec 5 #116
Secondary, imho Deminpenn Dec 5 #136
But he can graft bigger 'n better as Prez! David Boyle Dec 5 #143
Here is the pardon which POTUS Joseph R. Biden can read aloud on international TV: C0RI0LANUS Dec 4 #113
Nice job David Boyle Dec 5 #117
Thanks, Dave. Note Pres. Biden included 'graft' in the hypothetical pardon. C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #118
Trumpoleon - heh David Boyle Dec 5 #121
Not too bad, Dave! C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #123
Just thinking - maybe Trump is sorta like Shakespeare's... David Boyle Dec 5 #124
Good point, Dave, but Coriolanus lead Volscians against Rome and repented at the end of the play. C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #127
How many pictures do you have? David Boyle Dec 5 #130
A bagful. C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #132
Looks like it David Boyle Dec 5 #133
Trumpf is more akin to vile Richard III or treacherous MacBeth usurping the throne, but your point is well made. C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #137
Gandalf the Black David Boyle Dec 5 #142
No! Startint Dec 5 #120
Ten-Four, the pardon is not going to happen. But, did you read the hypothetical pardon I drafted? C0RI0LANUS Dec 5 #125
Fun pardon David Boyle Dec 5 #126
Meh. Startint Dec 5 #119
Clockburn - heh David Boyle Dec 5 #122
"Top Democrat" when? Where?! live love laugh Dec 5 #128
F U C K. N O MFM008 Dec 5 #131
What a Crock! NowsTheTime Dec 10 #148
And not even something you can drink! David Boyle Dec 10 #149
At least Clyburn isn't trying to put out the Sun David Boyle Dec 13 #150
Time for Clyburn to hang it up. Sounds like he has Stockholm Syndrome like Fetterman. Hassler Dec 13 #151
"Stockholm Cly" David Boyle Dec 13 #152
Stolen classified documents!! mymomwasright Dec 13 #153
You and your mom are right! David Boyle Dec 13 #154
HOW MANY TIMES IS THIS MORON GONNA GET HEADLINES? Xoan Dec 13 #155
MORan MORe David Boyle Dec 13 #156

AZ8theist

(6,584 posts)
3. FUCK THAT
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 04:21 AM
Dec 4

Last edited Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:42 PM - Edit history (1)

I am about to leave the party due to cowardly acts of certain so-called members.

Pardon a CONVICTED FELON and TREASONOUS ASSHOLE?????????????

Comments like Clyburns will relegate the party to irrelavance sooner rather than later.

choie

(4,718 posts)
20. I am with you
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:52 AM
Dec 4

I am more than disgusted by this cowardice. It would be more than cowardice, it would be complicity.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,851 posts)
24. You're about to leave the party? Where ya gonna go?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:27 AM
Dec 4

Greens?

Yeah, sometimes Dems suck. But they tend to suck way less than the others.

Hang in there.

Cha

(305,924 posts)
97. Yeah, I was going to say.. There's way More Good
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:09 PM
Dec 4

than Weirdness in the Democratic Party.

Fight from Within to Make it Stronger to Fight Fascism!!

Jit423

(457 posts)
140. Is it me, or are folks just reading the immunity ruling wrongly and giving Trump a pass at everything when it does not
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:59 PM
Dec 5

men everything? I just believe that puts Trump above the law unless what he does is actually and specifically related to his Presidential authorities as described in the Constitution. I just do not buy that Trump could shoot someone and 5th Ave for a reason not related to national security or some other crime and Trump would be immune from prosecution.

If that is the case, we need to change our form of government and our justice system completely. SCOTUS has no real meaning except to protect the President and there is no law.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,891 posts)
141. You (and I) are correct, it was supposed to mean things done while performing presidential duties - last time
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 04:34 PM
Dec 5

I checked inciting an insurrection was not generally thought of as something as a president does - but we're living in some crazy world /alt universe where these things are now OK.

tornado34jh

(1,317 posts)
5. What? Are you an idiot Clyburn?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:08 AM
Dec 4

No way should that bastard Trump be pardoned. Serious question, has he been compromised by money? I would like to know if he was paid to say that.

Karma13612

(4,713 posts)
6. WTAF
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:16 AM
Dec 4

Clyburn?
I’m disappointed in him. And quite surprised.

First off, he does his constituents no favors by his lazy interpretation of what SCOTUS said. They only ruled on OFFICIAL ACTS. Yea, it’s soooo hard (eyes rolling) to distinguish between official and unofficial acts. GMFB. The devil is in the details. We need to push back and make sure P-EINO is held accountable for his UNOFFICIAL acts.

Does Clyburn think that the country will heal if Biden kisses P-EINO’s feet with a pardon. After the election we just had? With the future we are about to endure? I know a narcissist. You do not pardon them. THAT emboldens them. That is the LAST thing you want to do.

The cognitive dissonance is deafening right now.


Karma13612

(4,713 posts)
146. Sorry I didn't come back to you sooner!
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 09:44 AM
Dec 10

I haven’t been checking my political forums as often lately. So glad you agree with me!

Stay strong!

Lonestarblue

(12,000 posts)
8. My first reaction was no way in hell.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:57 AM
Dec 4

But, here’s a counter thought. Trump and Republicans have been claiming that the prosecutions were political and Trump had committed no crimes. If President Biden pardons him specifically for the crime of insurrection, document theft, and whatever else Jack Smith charged him with, could that communicate that Trump indeed committed crimes for which a pardon was granted?

In reality, Trump will now never be held accountable for his crimes. Does a pardon go on his historical record as a black mark?

choie

(4,718 posts)
18. The fact that he won't be held accountable
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:47 AM
Dec 4

is irrelevant and does not signify that he’s guilty. It would signify to many in this country that trump was right and the prosecutions were political and not based in law.

I cannot believe that Clyburn is suggesting this. It is obscene.

FalloutShelter

(12,874 posts)
60. You have a point
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:49 AM
Dec 4

I was under the impression that accepting a pardon was an admission of guilt.

Would that admission + the pardon free Jack Smith of any restriction on the release of everything he has? Wouldn’t it also hold harmless the J-6 Committee, because of the admission of guilt?

Just wondering if Joe is exploring this as the one real way to keep TSF from exacting revenge.

Worth a ponder.

FalloutShelter

(12,874 posts)
88. This is still being debated...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:32 PM
Dec 4

the Supreme Court's opinion stated that a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it,"

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,435 posts)
9. Clyburn is folding in advance, giving up based on presumptions. He is wrong
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 06:07 AM
Dec 4

This is a big tactic of fascists: get people so afraid that they fold in advance without the fascists actually moving on them.

MaineBlueBear

(110 posts)
12. This operates as if tRump would accept
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:06 AM
Dec 4

A pardon. He defies all norms. Rejecting a pardon would be on-brand because of the admission of guilt that accompanies all pardons

It would do nothing to deter future crimes, yet to be committed. He's been given free reign by the Supreme Court.

FBaggins

(27,820 posts)
17. He doesn't have to accept/reject it
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:42 AM
Dec 4

The president can’t say “special limited-time offer! Must accept by Christmas or void”

Trump could just say that he appreciates the thought but has not need for it… and then sit it on a shelf until someone tries to prosecute him in four years.

And, of course, he can always pardon himself.

choie

(4,718 posts)
19. So let him pardon himself
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:49 AM
Dec 4

We don’t have to be a party to it. I just can’t believe what I’m hearing.

ramedy

(183 posts)
13. This exactly why Democrats lose.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:12 AM
Dec 4

Fold their cards. Act like weaklings.

Getting harder and harder to support.

Hotler

(12,418 posts)
14. Fascist sympathizers crawling out from under their desk. Where is the resistance to fascism from our team??????
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:25 AM
Dec 4

I'm tired of losing because of lake of fight.

Vinca

(51,303 posts)
16. OMG - elected Democrats are going into mega-kumbaya mode. NO! NO PARDONS FOR TRUMP!
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:33 AM
Dec 4

Trump's a criminal and has been all his life. One of the first stories Mary Trump mentioned in her book was when Trump was a little boy and pelted a toddler in a playpen with stones. No pardons!!!!!

Icanthinkformyself

(307 posts)
21. Tired of all of the
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:11 AM
Dec 4

Neville Chamberlains in the Democratic Party. Appeasing dictators never keeps people out of camps. I, for one, have had enough of spineless Democratic leadership. I know many others have as well. The sooner the system collapses, and it will, the sooner we can start to rebuild.

moniss

(6,206 posts)
22. Yes and I have little doubt that Clyburn and Manchin
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:17 AM
Dec 4

would be in favor of a declaration for Richard Nixon as a national hero and maybe a billion dollars or so set aside for the purpose of "re-educating" the people and have required classroom programs to inform people about what a wonderful man he was.

everyonematters

(3,573 posts)
23. As I understand it, Trump is immune from official acts.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:17 AM
Dec 4

That means that a court has to discern whether his actions were official acts of government or not. If not, then he can be prosecuted. The left-wing media has blown this out of proportion, and Clyburn has bought into it.

returnee

(334 posts)
29. I can't say what I think should happen...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:36 AM
Dec 4

…to Manchin and Clyburn, and anyone else advocating a TSF pardon. Suffice it to say it would be really bad. Such an action would split the Democratic Party, I am sure.

lark

(24,373 posts)
30. NO times a million!!!
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:38 AM
Dec 4

Do not normalize treachery, hate, and lies - tsf is a criminal and deserves to be in jail right now and would be if Garland wasn't his bought and paid agent or failing that a completely idiotic person who cares nothing for America and only his own fake purity.

Mike 03

(17,495 posts)
77. That's what I want to know.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:12 PM
Dec 4

Like most everyone else, my gut reaction was harsh and immediate. No.

But Clyburn, we are often reminded, is a "legend." What is his calculus? How does he benefit from Biden granting pardons to Trump?

I have to work so hard to arrive at some justification for a pardon for Trump: Only if Joe Biden gets something enormous, gargantuan and vast in return? Like Trump's promise not to take vengeance against these 450 some odd folks...?

But we all know Trump's promises are worthless.

If this is just a "go along to get along" strategy by Clyburn I totally oppose it!

Quanto Magnus

(1,045 posts)
90. 'Legend' or not....
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:14 PM
Dec 4

he can still make bad, even horrible choices.....

Just like RBG and her bad decision to stay on the court longer than she should've, giving Trump a SC pick, that could've rightfully gone to Dems.

I really think big EGOs are getting in the way of smart decisions.

LymphocyteLover

(7,016 posts)
33. Apart from the ridiculous idea here, I don't think he is right about what SCOTUS said
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:43 AM
Dec 4

there's no pre-emptive pardon for anything. WTF!!!

Traildogbob

(10,226 posts)
34. Well, did anybody
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:43 AM
Dec 4

See the floor speech given by Texas Rep (Corbin I think) about law and order and justice and consequences for your law breaking, referring to Hunter CRIMES? I saw Kimmel play it in his monologue.
FUCK these clowns. Pardon trump, and Clyburn knows facts that were fully redacted and hidden from us when he was J6 committee head.

Ray Bruns

(4,759 posts)
36. "Democratic Rep. James Clyburn has said he supports President Joe Biden pardoning Donald Trump"
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:54 AM
Dec 4

And I think Rep Clyburn should get back on his meds

barbtries

(30,007 posts)
37. What.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 08:55 AM
Dec 4

So Democrats have surrendered the rule of law as an American value? I have trouble with this.

spudspud

(561 posts)
39. WEAKSAUCE HYPOCRISY!
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:05 AM
Dec 4

This would almost guarantee that the base is depressed for upcoming mid-terms, etc., and I can only imagine how devastating that would be to the youth vote. They would rightfully see this as back stabbing, hypocrisy. And I think many voters would also conclude that Trump was right all along-- he was innocent and the Dems finally folded and admitted it by pardoning him. Arghhh.

hadEnuf

(2,810 posts)
42. A normal person might see a pardon as a peace offering no matter how morally wrong it would be to do it.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:10 AM
Dec 4

But Trump is not a normal person. He is a fascist who is surrounding himself with more fascists and any peace offering would be turned into a weapon to further destroy his perceived enemies.

I know we would all like to hope for some relief from this nightmare, but appeasement is not going to work in the long run.

We are at war whether we like it or not. The only thing the enemy understands is force and power.

sellitman

(11,689 posts)
46. Losing the election wasn't enough?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:15 AM
Dec 4

Now we must watch assholes like this kiss the ring?

FUCK THAT SHIT!!!!

BootinUp

(49,169 posts)
47. Clyburn is messing with people, don't
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:18 AM
Dec 4

mistake what he is doing here. Instead of pardons he wants to talk about the Supreme Court and Trump cases.

Mike 03

(17,495 posts)
79. I sure wish you would expand on this.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:15 PM
Dec 4

I feel like you may have figured this out in some way, but I don't understand.

BootinUp

(49,169 posts)
86. Briefly
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:25 PM
Dec 4

He is not serious about convincing Biden, the one person that needs to be convinced, to pardon the asshole. He is merely discussing it hypothetically and bringing up other things people should know, if they do not. Cya.

-misanthroptimist

(1,230 posts)
48. I sort of agree
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:19 AM
Dec 4

By pardoning him, you are giving him something. He didn't beat the system. Democrats forgave him. It sucks, but imo it's better than the alternative.

By having it all thrown out he can claim he was a victim.

David Boyle

(615 posts)
53. Rec for thoughtfulness, even if one disagrees
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:28 AM
Dec 4

The federal charges may be revivable after Trump's term, though.

-misanthroptimist

(1,230 posts)
71. Two points:
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:47 AM
Dec 4

After his term may not come. I don't think he has any intention of leaving.

But even if there is an end to his term, I have zero doubt that he'd pardon himself.

Mike 03

(17,495 posts)
82. Oh, I think I get it
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:18 PM
Dec 4

The act of pardoning him is actually a sort of power play in itself. Is that close to your thinking?

For Trump to accept help from anybody is against his code of zero-sum encounters between people. This is actually a gesture that weakens him, because he is in the uncomfortable position of accepting something he needs from someone he regards as an "enemy"?

We are into the realm of psychology and power plays?

JohnSJ

(96,848 posts)
50. F**K this bullshit. The sociopath tried to overthrow the government for gosh sakes. Between those Democrats upset
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:24 AM
Dec 4

that President Biden pardoned his son, and this garbage, while I ill continue to vote Democratic, I am very much inclined to never give another dime to the Democrats until they get their heads screwed on right.


Wuddles440

(1,444 posts)
55. With "leadership" like this...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:38 AM
Dec 4

is the reason the Democratic Party runs the risk of being banished to the outer limits of the political waste land for decades. Total capitulation reflects absolute weakness, lack of commitment, and absence of any principles or value system. It's time for a major housecleaning to replace this tired, old guard with some young blood who are willing to take a stand and fight. If anyone should be pardoned, it's those whom have been identified as "enemies" by Old King Drumpf.

xocetaceans

(3,990 posts)
61. Clyburn must either be a moron or a coward if he thinks that Biden pardoning Trump, the insurrectionist, is reasonable.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:49 AM
Dec 4

With Democrats like that, who needs Republicans or MAGAs?

bluestarone

(18,428 posts)
63. Another shooting ourselves in the foot moment!
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:50 AM
Dec 4

Sure seems to me that a big problem with Democrats is, we can NEVER stick together like RETHUGS. WE continue to hurt ourselves!

Dem4life1970

(592 posts)
66. No
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:00 AM
Dec 4

Do not pardon him. The SCOTUS's unconstitutional and outrageous immunity ruling still posits that only "Official" acts are immune. A future DOJ can certainly pick up his criminal activity and charge him in the future.

David Boyle

(615 posts)
67. Yes, and not even all official acts are immune,
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:04 AM
Dec 4

, but some are only presumptively immune, I hear.

Turbineguy

(38,537 posts)
70. Trump will fuck the country if he doesn't get off.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:42 AM
Dec 4

he will fuck the country less if he gets off.

Maybe.

Supply-Side Justice.

republianmushroom

(18,265 posts)
73. Another one that thinks if he sucks up to the convicted felon
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 11:16 AM
Dec 4

And kisses him between his orange cheeks, he will get a cabinet position.

RobinA

(10,200 posts)
75. That's Some Strange Logic
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:03 PM
Dec 4

The SC did what it did. No need for anyone's fingerprints to be on their bid for a monarchy.

kirby

(4,491 posts)
76. He is wrong...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:09 PM
Dec 4

Clyburn said: "Yes, I could, absolutely. Because the Supreme Court has pretty much made it very clear, that he is preemptively pardoned of anything he may do as president."

Well stealing classified documents AFTER leaving office and fomenting an insurrection are not things he did as president.

dchill

(40,827 posts)
78. Joe Biden is NOT going to pardon Trump.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:12 PM
Dec 4

And most of the crimes committed by Trump were NOT official acts committed while he was president. So, I'm here-by telling James Clyburn to "Step Off!"

hotellanai1986

(156 posts)
83. Hmmm... When Political People Change Course Drastically, It Usually Boils Down To...
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 12:19 PM
Dec 4

TSF has unveiled some heretofore unleashed blackmail on the person. Hear me out on my hypothesis: Mr. Clyburn, a man of upstanding character, is the target of a blackmail scheme. He, like Romney, is a family man with children and grandchildren, and it appears he fears the potential consequences of this information becoming public. It has been alleged that TSF obtained compromising material from Putin, who reportedly acquired it during a widely publicized hack of Democrats' emails. Although Republicans' emails were also compromised in this incident, the media did not give it the same level of attention. TSF, despite a history of unrestrained behavior, has shown unusual restraint in using this information sparingly, deploying it only when deemed necessary. It appears now that Mr. Clyburn has become the focus of TSF's attention. Like Romney, Clyburn may be acting to shield his family from a potential scandal. However, the most effective way to combat blackmail is to expose it publicly, revealing both the information and the attempt itself. However, it is understandable that someone might choose to yield to such pressure.

kerouac2

(752 posts)
91. Force the mo fo to pardon himself.
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:25 PM
Dec 4

I mean, gimme a break. If trump is going to get a pardon, make him do it himself. And manchin can just go tf away.

GoreWon2000

(1,096 posts)
92. Letting election stealing Bush brothers off the hook
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:27 PM
Dec 4

is how we got to Trump. All of Trump's 2020 election stealing tactics including January 6th came from the election stealing road map that the Bush brothers created in Florida in 2000. Manchin and Clyburn are out of their minds wanting to pardon election stealer, convicted felon Trump.

Mz Pip

(27,942 posts)
99. If the thought is
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:23 PM
Dec 4

that pardoning Trump will make him less likely to go on his revenge and retribution tour then forget about it.
Making nice will just be seen as weakness.

Omnipresent

(6,505 posts)
102. Pardon him?
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:42 PM
Dec 4

Is that code for “make trump mysteriously disappear”?
If that’s the case, you won’t get any argument out of me!

24601

(4,032 posts)
138. Can you lay out a reasonable cause and effect? The 1976 election was sufficiently close to infer that the Nixon pardon
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:25 PM
Dec 5

made a significant enough difference to elect Carter.

Between 1976 and 2016 & 2024, there are far too many other variables to argue it brought us Trump.

doc03

(37,039 posts)
139. I think not prosicuting Nixon for his crimes
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:49 PM
Dec 5

emboldened Trump. That proved that like Nixon said, if the president does it it is not a crime. I even saw a post here saying Biden should pardon Trump.

IzzaNuDay

(715 posts)
110. Oh hell to the no, Clyburn!
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:07 PM
Dec 4

A pardon only means that dotard will continue to exact revenge.

But I am willing to gamble had the dotard's actions taken place 100-150 years ago, he would have been under a tombstone rotting in a grave.
His sorry ass would have been executed for treason and high crimes.

Deminpenn

(16,361 posts)
112. The time to dangle a pardon was
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 09:13 PM
Dec 4

two years or so ago. I would bet that if Biden had offered Trump a deal to pardon him or to drop the federal charges in return for Trump dropping out of the presidential race and signing a binding agreement never to run for elective office again, Trump would've taken it.

After all, Trump's entire reason for running for president was to stay out of jail.

Deminpenn

(16,361 posts)
136. Secondary, imho
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:14 PM
Dec 5

Trump doesn't have to be president to grift or indulge in graft.

But he did need to be president to make the federal charges go away.

C0RI0LANUS

(2,091 posts)
113. Here is the pardon which POTUS Joseph R. Biden can read aloud on international TV:
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 10:59 PM
Dec 4

"Now, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Donald J. Trump for all offenses against the United States such as insurrection, treachery, business fraud, sexual misconduct, draft evasion, being an unregistered agent of the Russian government, tax avoidance, graft, voter suppression, mishandling classified information, slander, libel, and racial discrimination, which he, Donald J. Trump, has heinously committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from June 14, 1946 through January 19, 2025.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty--four."

JOSEPH R. BIDEN



Just like President Gerald R. Ford pardoning Richard M. Nixon on national TV (8 Sep 1974).

C0RI0LANUS

(2,091 posts)
118. Thanks, Dave. Note Pres. Biden included 'graft' in the hypothetical pardon.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 12:49 AM
Dec 5


Napoleon was so egotistical, at his coronation he rudely swiped the crown from a shocked Pope to anoint himself Emperor of Europe:

"Nobody gave me Europe! Not you! Not God. Me! Me! I took it! Me!"

Fast-forward to today's orange shit-gibbon blighting our senses:

"Nobody gave me America! I won it! Me! Me! I won!"

So here's your pardon, Mr. President-elect. Just don't say Democrats never gave you anything.

(And President Biden gets to read it out loud on TV).

David Boyle

(615 posts)
124. Just thinking - maybe Trump is sorta like Shakespeare's...
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:44 AM
Dec 5

Coriolanus!
(January 6 was like Corio turning on Rome)

Now THAT's a mind-blower.

C0RI0LANUS

(2,091 posts)
127. Good point, Dave, but Coriolanus lead Volscians against Rome and repented at the end of the play.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 03:06 AM
Dec 5

Consider the Earl of Essex for a 6 Jan analog because he led his fellow Englishmen (and some Scots and Irish) in his failed putsch.



BTW: I posted an OP in the ISR/PSE Issue Forum.

C0RI0LANUS

(2,091 posts)
137. Trumpf is more akin to vile Richard III or treacherous MacBeth usurping the throne, but your point is well made.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:22 PM
Dec 5






Startint

(4 posts)
120. No!
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:13 AM
Dec 5

Don’t you get it?
They don’t care! They don’t give a shit! All this cutesy, coy listing of his supposed crimes, the nuance will just go right over their heads!
Just…. No! Bad idea! No!

C0RI0LANUS

(2,091 posts)
125. Ten-Four, the pardon is not going to happen. But, did you read the hypothetical pardon I drafted?
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:53 AM
Dec 5

You must admit Joe reading that on national TV would have been a field goal kick into #45's groin.

Startint

(4 posts)
119. Meh.
Thu Dec 5, 2024, 01:55 AM
Dec 5

Beginning to wonder - is it Clyburn the legend or clyburn the broken clock.
(He may have been lucky to be right a couple of times but this time he’s definitely wrong!)

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