White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced immediate backlash online after nearly doubling the number of Americans who purportedly approve of President Biden's sweeping pardon for his son. President Biden issued a sweeping pardon for Hunter Biden on Sunday after he had repeatedly said he would not do so. The first son had been convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year. He pled guilty to federal tax charges in September, and was convicted of three felony gun charges in June after lying on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. For over a year, the president and Jean-Pierre repeatedly insisted Hunter would not get a pardon. In her first televised White House press briefing since the pardon, the press secretary was bombarded with questions from reporters.
In her defense of the pardon, Jean-Pierre appealed to the American people's understanding of the "difficult" decision. While doing so, she cited a poll, the results of which were the opposite of what she claimed.
"I think it's important to note here, as you're asking me these questions " important questions to ask " that there was a poll, a U.S. Gov [sic] poll that came out that, some of you all reported on it," she said.
"And it said 64% of the American people agree with the pardon " 64% of the American people. So, we get a sense of where the American people are on this. Obviously, it's one poll, but it gives you a little bit of insight. Sixty-four percent is nothing to sneeze at," she emphasized.
She later again said, "I called out the U.S. Gov [sic]. poll where 64% of Americans, that's not a small number, agree with the president's decision to pardon his son."
Biden has some catching up to do on pardons
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... By the numbers: Biden actually has been reluctant to show mercy --handing out just 26 pardons and commuting 135 criminal sentences since he took office in January 2021. He's granted just 1.2% of the requests he's received, according to data from the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney.
- - - President-elect Trump " who had fewer acts of clemency than his recent predecessors during his first term " had granted 29 pardons at this point in 2020.
- - - But in the final weeks as the nation's 45th president, Trump nearly quintupled his number of pardons, ending with a total of 144.
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@#8
Pres-elect Trump did not win a majority of the votes cast in 2024.
So, a majority of voters in the United States opposed Pres-elect Trump being President.
Pres-elect Trump's theme song?
Failure - Skinny (1998)
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Lyrics excerpt...
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Why have I always been a failure?
Why have I always been a failure?
Why have I always been a failure?
What can the reason be?
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