Progressives fume that president should use pardons to end mass incarceration, not bailout son
By
Rachel Schilke
December 2, 2024 4:09 pm
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Progressive Democrats are criticizing President Joe Biden‘s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, instead of those they say are suffering from mass incarceration after months of pleas to the president before he leaves office.
On Sunday, the president announced he signed a pardon for the first son, who was convicted of tax and gun felonies this year. This was a sharp reversal of the president’s previous position that he would not do so, with his decision receiving admonishments from Democrats and outrage from Republicans.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a vocal critic of the president over the Israel-Hamas war, shared a post on X that called on him to pardon tens of thousands of people in federal prison for drug offenses.
“This,” Tlaib said, with the post asking, “When are their pardons coming?”
Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), who joined over 60 Democratic lawmakers calling on the president to grant blanket clemency to thousands incarcerated in federal prison in late November, said Tuesday that she agreed Hunter Biden faced “harsh sentencing and unfair treatment.”
“But so do thousands of others, disproportionately black folks,” Lee said.
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