Posted on 08/12/2023 6:46:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Vivek Ramaswamy left Republican voters scratching their heads after he said in an interview that he wants to evaluate giving pardons to members of the Biden family if he’s elected president.
That stood in contrast to recent calls by Ramaswamy for a special counsel to criminally investigate the Biden family for its business dealings and alleged influence peddling.
“After the I am leading the great revival. After we have shut down the FBI, after we have refurbished the Department of Justice, after we have systemically pardoned anyone who was a victim of a political motivated persecution — from Donald Trump and peaceful January 6 protests — then would I would be open to evaluating pardons for members of the Biden family in the interest of moving the nation forward,” the 38-year-old biotech millionaire told The Post.
“It is a broad theme of this candidacy, leading us to a national renewal rather than a national divorce. It’s part of a broader vision of an American revitalization,” he added.
Ramaswamy is obviously playing off the post-Nixon era, in which Nixon was preemptively pardoned over possible charges stemming from the Watergate scandal. Then-President Gerald Ford claimed he did so in order to stop furthering divisions within the country. I think there’s a big difference between the two situations, though.
For one, Watergate was mostly a joke of a scandal, especially by modern-day standards. That Nixon might have ended up prosecuted on process crimes is a fair bit different than what the Bidens are accused of.
For example, Hunter Biden was been credibly alleged to have trafficked women. Certainly, there’s ample reason to believe he violated FARA violations regarding his overseas dealings. Never mind the current charges Hunter Biden is facing from the DOJ, as rigged as that process feels at times.
As to Joe Biden, if he is implicated criminally, it would likely be for bribery. Would Ramaswamy be interested in pardoning a president who accepted bribes as vice president? Further, given Ramaswamy didn’t say only he’s open to pardoning Joe Biden, I can only assume he is actually talking about pardoning Hunter Biden and other family members (such as James Biden). Certainly, that’s the way the Post read it given the headline they ran with after interviewing him.
I’d caution Ramaswamy that going down that road would not unite the country and allow it to move forward, as he suggests. Instead, it would be seen as yet another in a long list of examples of Democrats not having to face justice for crimes Republicans are put in prison for. Hunter Biden deserves to go to prison. Other members of his family might deserve that fate as well, depending on where the evidence takes things. To give the Biden family a free pass would be catastrophic for trust in the government and the legal system.
So while I understand Ramaswamy is a very positive-thinking guy, if he’s going to evaluate anything, it should be re-evaluating this idea because it’s a bad one.
Vivek is dropping faster than AB stocking
This guy began the race looking sort-of OK, like there might be a future for him.
The last couple of weeks, though, just wow! Totally off the rails. Hindu. Pardoning Bidens. Perverts are “hardwired” that way.
He and Ronnie D need to ride off into the sunset together.
“It is a broad theme of this candidacy, leading us to a national renewal rather than a national divorce. It’s part of a broader vision of an American revitalization,” he added.
I guess I broke some rule by actually reading the article. He reportedly said what I just quoted. Did the reporter quote him accurately? I do not know.
It looks like there are enough weasel-words in there for him to claim he was quoted out of context in response to criticism that he was going to pardon the Bidens for their crimes.
If he actually could abolish all of the agencies as he says he would, then letting the Bidens off with a pardon would be the price of a deal worth taking in a heartbeat.
But I still won't be voting for him. He has a great act that I like to watch, but I don't believe he means a single word of it. He looks to me like Deep State candidate alternative number 4.
I believe he could be a "Unity" candidate if Biden expires (from natural causes) before the election, DeSantis falters in the primaries, and Trump is taken out of the picture by any means necessary. It's a very low probability, but not zero.
Look! A young man! Non-White! "Bipartisan" support! Just what you all wanted! Be happy now!
The Hunter pardon is announced in the headline.
RE: Look! A young man! Non-White! “Bipartisan” support! Just what you all wanted!
Well,there’s another candiate like that— TIM SCOTT.
There’s a surprise. This guy is a Soros-tied Trojan horse.
Did he say anything more than that he wouldn’t rule out pardons?
These “gotcha” articles are getting ridiculous.
I watched his entire talk on YouTube. Brilliant guy I’d vote for. Comment re pardoning the Bidens was at the very end of the long interview. Raised eyebrows pf the interviiewer. Ramaswamy then that he didn’t want to divide the country and more than it’s already divided. People would know the truth about the Bidens and that’s what counted.
RE: Did he say anything more than that he wouldn’t rule out pardons?
To be fair, NOTHING MORE. He said he WOULD consider pardons if it would HEAL divisions in our country.
And yet, another friggin idiot.
Drop out now you dipshit
Why you so protective of hunter and his reputation and freedom ?
We KNOW hunter has done MUCH deserving of prosecution
I don’t have to let anyone make anything up
Sheeeeesh.
Why you luv you some hunter ?
Vivek, remarks like this one, you’re cutting your own throat.
You don’t need to ‘Make News’ every single day. Hush!
Think about what you just said.
Vivec the chimer from Morrowind
Well, bye then.
Welp. He is no longer my 2nd choice
True. He just said Biden family.
True. He just said Biden family.
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Hunter is a member of the Biden family...
..is he not ?
Clowns in costume be so funny.
I consider the headline misleading. He’s implying that he wouldn’t consider pardoning any Bidens until after shutting down the FBI, fixing the Justice Department, and pardoning all of those, including Trump, whom the left has persecuted.
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