Mehdi Hasan rips Nikki Haley over Biden jab: 'You hated Trump'
By: Maya Boddie (Alternet. org)
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Former South Carolina governor and failed 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was slammed on Monday over criticizing President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden on federal gun and tax related charges.
"Biden pardons his son, which he promised not to do," Haley wrote via X. "Not just for the crime at hand but for everything going back 11 years. Then skips town and goes to Africa. This is why no one trusts politicians. Democrats stop trying to justify this. It only makes you look more out of touch. Politics at its worst."
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan replied, "You hated Trump. Then worked for Trump. Then attacked Trump. Then sucked up to Trump. Then ran against Trump. Then voted for Trump. But sure, the Hunter Biden pardon is politics at its worst and most unreliable. Gotcha."
Earlier on Monday, Hasan also slammed several Democratic lawmakers who also criticized Biden's decision, calling it "the wrong decision," according to Politico. The progressive commentator insisted "this is why Republicans win."
Other political experts also took aim at Haley's claims.
Center for Economic and Policy Research senior economist Dean Baker said: "The president-elect tried to overthrow the government and is promising to pardon his accomplices."
American Enterprise Institute emeritus scholar Norman Ornstein added: "You forgot that she said nothing when Trump pardoned Russian assets, grifters, cronies and assorted horribles. Including Charles Kushner. And has said nothing about Kushner's nomination as Ambassador to France."
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Exactly. Haley has lost any claim of integrity so nowadays I am happy for her to STFU. Note, I was planning to vote for her but she eventually showed how easily her 'integrity' could be tossed aside (i.e. endorsing Trump) for political purposes.
I think dystopia is going to come sooner than anyone thought. Everyone (except for a few of us) is bowing down to Trump. America is screwed.
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Mehdi Hasan slams congressional Dems: 'This is why Republicans win'
Maya Boddie 2-3 minutes 12/2/2024
U.S. President Joe Biden stands with his son Hunter Biden, who earlier in the day was found guilty on all three counts in his criminal gun charges trial, after President Biden arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden/File Photo
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has a message for Democrats after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden from federal gun charges and tax offenses on Sunday — despite previously saying he would not.
"I see Congressional Dems on Twitter coming out to condemn Biden on Hunter," Hasan wrote via X . "I get it[,] but this is why Republicans win in our asymmetric politics."
Politico reports several Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Gary Peters (MI), Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), and Sen. Michael Bennett (CO), slammed the president's move, calling it "an improper use of power" and the "wrong decision" to make.
"I love this idea that Biden pardoning Hunter will somehow 'justify' or 'excuse' Trump pardoning the Jan 6th prisoners," Hasan noted , "ignoring the fact that: 1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this. 2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes [and] their crimes."
Hasan then shared that while he personally doesn't agree with Biden's decision, he also doesn't believe the bipartisan outrage is valid.
"I don’t think he should have pardoned him, especially as he swore he wouldn’t, and I don’t actually think presidents should have a pardon power" Hasan wrote. "But spare me the faux outrage from the Trump Republican Party."
Mehdi Hassan, the islamic supremacist terrorist cheerleader is upset? Somebody is doing something right.
Says alot about those democrats who side with Hassan as opposed to Nikki Haley of all people...A lot of Democrats really do love Hamas and anti-semites apparently.
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I half expected a "You blew Trump"
Biden lied when he said he would never pardon Hunter.
Joe Biden sacrificed his integrity and the moral high ground on pardoning felons - Trump is likely to pardon some felons too and then say "Just following Joe's example"
Do you believe that the outrage against Biden is even remotely proportional to the outrage against Trump when he does far worse? Seems to me that Trump routinely gets a pass while most everyone else (regardless of party) has to abide by convention and the law.
Why is an abysmal scoundrel like Trump the one man who is above the law?