4 Trump Pardons posted 73 days ago by aslaniscoming +4 / -0 7 comments share 7 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (7) sorted by: top new old worst ▲ 4 ▼ – Leadforpeds 4 points 73 days ago +4 / -0 Why so? Pardons are always given around Christmas permalink save report block reply ▲ 4 ▼ – deleted 4 points 73 days ago +4 / -0 ▲ 2 ▼ – upvote 2 points 73 days ago +2 / -0 So it was normal for Bush and Obama, but somehow this signifies something different with President Trump? It is no indication one way or another. If anything, it is a Rorschach test for doomers. permalink save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – badfish1776 2 points 73 days ago +2 / -0 He did not pardon his family, Giuliani, etc. like the fake news media was predicting. He pardoned a specific set of people for a specific purpose. permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – badfish1776 1 point 73 days ago +1 / -0 Look at the list of petitions granted for each president and compare: https://ballotpedia.org/Executive_clemency_and_presidential_pardons Trump 43 Obama 212 Bush Jr. 189 Clinton 386 Bush Sr. 74 Reagan 393 Carter 534 Ford 382 Nixon 863 Johnson 960 Kennedy 472 Eisenhower 1100 Truman 1913 Roosevelt 2819 permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – deleted 1 point 73 days ago +1 / -0 ▲ 1 ▼ – shadypollster 1 point 73 days ago +1 / -0 Lol. So by that logic Trump making plans for next year's policies are the actions of someone who is staying. permalink save report block reply
Why so? Pardons are always given around Christmas
So it was normal for Bush and Obama, but somehow this signifies something different with President Trump? It is no indication one way or another. If anything, it is a Rorschach test for doomers.
He did not pardon his family, Giuliani, etc. like the fake news media was predicting. He pardoned a specific set of people for a specific purpose.
Look at the list of petitions granted for each president and compare:
https://ballotpedia.org/Executive_clemency_and_presidential_pardons
Trump 43
Obama 212
Bush Jr. 189
Clinton 386
Bush Sr. 74
Reagan 393
Carter 534
Ford 382
Nixon 863
Johnson 960
Kennedy 472
Eisenhower 1100
Truman 1913
Roosevelt 2819
Lol. So by that logic Trump making plans for next year's policies are the actions of someone who is staying.