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Blagojevich thanks president for setting him free: 'I'm a Trump-ocrat'
NBC "News" ^ | February 18, 2020 | By Phil Helsel

Posted on 02/19/2020 6:54:03 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, freed from prison Tuesday, heaped "profound and everlasting gratitude" on President Donald Trump for commuting his sentence.

"President Trump is the one who did this, and I'm ... profoundly grateful," Blagojevich, who was a Democrat, told reporters Tuesday night at Denver International Airport.

"He's got obviously a big fan in me," said Blagojevich, who has gone totally gray since entering prison. "And if you’re asking me what my party affiliation is, I’m a Trump-ocrat."

"He didn't have to do this. He’s a Republican president; I was a Democratic governor," Blagojevich said. "My fellow Democrats have not been very kind to him. ... In fact, they’ve been very unkind to him."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; trumppardons
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why did Trump pardon Blagojevich but no Flynn, Stone, and Montford?


61 posted on 02/19/2020 8:20:08 AM PST by Savage Beast (The malevolents' great fear is Trump's commitment to truth. That's scary to the untruthful.)
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To: karnage

That’s absolutely wonderful, particularly knowing Jim Brown’s history politically. With people like Brown, Jerry Rice, Kanye West and other prominent black people supporting President Trump, I have hope we might see black movement away from Dems.


62 posted on 02/19/2020 8:22:23 AM PST by Avalon Memories (Politics is all about quid pro quos. Donate to me! Vote for me! I'll give you "free" stuff)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Prison aged him???

Not really, just didn't have access to hair color...what ever...If Nancy and Di Fi didn't use hair color they too would appear old...and they both are, one is 80 the other 87 in June... Rod B. just turned 63 in December...

63 posted on 02/19/2020 8:45:31 AM PST by haircutter
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To: nikos1121
Fact is, this president does it during an election year, not ten minutes before leaving office like the rest.

Before President Trump I thought pardons were only allowed upon leaving office!!
64 posted on 02/19/2020 8:52:11 AM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: treetopsandroofs

President Trump does things because they’re the right things to do. Can’t go wrong that way.


65 posted on 02/19/2020 8:55:36 AM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

Kinda reminds you of Lincoln.

All the critics again today, ESP ON FOX...talking about letting Blago to.

Yeah, the guy was corrupt. Very corrupt. I’m from Illinois, the guy was an embarrassment...

But Trump commuted the sentence. He didn’t pardon the guy.

Good grief...the media is really piss poor...


66 posted on 02/19/2020 8:58:02 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Exactly. Like he said.. it should have been a 5yr sentence, out in 3.


67 posted on 02/19/2020 9:01:12 AM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

And I think these actions show how much Trump is really settling into the job. He had considered commuting Blago’s sentence in the past, but was concerned about the bad press. This means he has a much better handle on how to manage the news, and he knows that he can do what he believes should be done, regardless of what the media and the pundits say. He has basically acquired “F You” power.


68 posted on 02/19/2020 9:08:50 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Crolis

Ok, good explanation there.


69 posted on 02/19/2020 9:57:55 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: sport
Yet, she still roams wide and free

I'll say.

70 posted on 02/19/2020 10:42:46 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: IamConservative
Look at Jim Brown! Smiling sitting next to the President of the United States and the most powerful man in the world - I'll bet he's wishing his parents were here to see this!

I know he's been working with the Trump administration on prison reform but he's come a long way since his Syracuse and NFL days.

71 posted on 02/19/2020 11:41:22 AM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: capydick
I know he's been working with the Trump administration on prison reform but he's come a long way since his Syracuse and NFL days.

Just once, I want to see him make it onto that truck in "The Dirty Dozen".

72 posted on 02/19/2020 11:42:04 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Avalon Memories

Candace Owens and her #Blexit movement seem to be generating some excitement.

We won’t know how much any of this matters until November.


73 posted on 02/19/2020 11:42:10 AM PST by karnage
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To: nikos1121

I agree. doing his pardons and commute of sentences now is proper. I think that the ability to pardon and commute sentences should be striped from the president one month before an election and returned only if the president wins the election. at the end of the second term the new president elect has to approve any pardon handed out by the old president leaving office. unless the president is willing to face political damage for his pardons he should not be pardoning anyone. but of course to do this means constitutional amendment.


74 posted on 02/19/2020 11:53:25 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: struggle

The lefties on twitter are hemorrhaging with rage over this “Trumpocrat” word.
____________________________

It could have been a Trumpican, or a Trumpiteer, or a Trumpeter.

We need a new political party to be more reflective of who we are and what we believe.


75 posted on 02/19/2020 11:56:51 AM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I think going after blago was Obbama going after a political rival that could end his presidency....not saying the guy is honest just that I don’t buy the crap about him trying to get financial gain... I believe he meant to leverage the appointment as political capital to move forward with his political agenda something every politician does Left, right, conservative, libral, republican demacrat.


76 posted on 02/19/2020 12:00:24 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: redshawk

“prison has really aged him.”

On Fox, they said that he had always died his hair black, but wasn’t allowed to in prison. So he does look older.


77 posted on 02/19/2020 12:01:51 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sbiiorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump should ask Blagojevich to testify against obama. He has to know what went on.


78 posted on 02/19/2020 12:05:01 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: PCPOET7

Trump can’t a fair shake even from the Democrats for this....

In the Clinton years....The pardon thing went like this.

You have like two hours before his final term in office is complete. He gets a dozen or so of these low lifes willing to donate $100,000 to $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation for the pardon.

Two hours before he leaves he grants the pardons.

In short, totally political and total favor granted for money.


79 posted on 02/19/2020 12:20:24 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

One more example of 2 tiers of justice.


80 posted on 02/19/2020 1:22:16 PM PST by Valin
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