Day One WSJ Opinion

[bucolic_frolic]

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Can we make a deal? How about 3 SCOTUS resignations and we'll look at it real closely.

I share the outrage, but posted because I thought it a current important topic.

[SheltieLover]

1. Hell NO!

[EarlG]

2. The total failure (mostly by Republicans) to hold Donald Trump accountable for his various crimes

is what has put us in this nightmare position in the first place. Pardoning him would only embolden him and his cult, and encourage them to commit further acts of mayhem.

[Biophilic]

3. No! No! No pardon for trump. Don't do this!

It will only encourage the fascists and haters. No we need to support our rule of law. Yes, the Supreme Court is a problem but we have to hold tight to the law. No pardons for trump or his people.

[Rebl2]

13. They made

that mistake with Nixon. Do not do it again.

[msongs]

4. trump has not been convicted of federal crimes yet that I know of. a pardon is out of order nt

[thesquanderer]

18. Pardons can be issued pre-emptively. Ford pardoned Nixon, who had not been convicted of anything, or even indicted. n/t

[33taw]

5. Pardon him for what? She can't issue a pardon for a state conviction. I guess she can for federal charges.

[rzemanfl]

6. Fuck no!

It seems to me the handwriting is on the wall about tomorrow's outcome. How would Trump pardoning himself unify the country WSJ?

[Mike Nelson]

7. Clever for WSJ to...

... get this out now. They have better timing than the WP... But to the point... I think a pardon would be seriously considered, by Biden or Harris (doubtful about Crooked Don). I think it would be a mistake. In hindsight, the Nixon pardon was a mistake. If a President "gets away with it," we should believe behavior will be repeated. I would, however, be lenient with punishment. No firing squad, no torture, no rape in prison... these things are not humane.

[boston bean]

8. I am going to be very unpopular here after I state this.

I agree he should be pardoned. Only because of the Supreme Court. They may rule everything in his favor, further eroding the constitution.

I would rather not have it tested with those corrupt rw justices.

[Prairie Gates]

14. I think pardons should be considered but that's literally the worst reason for it

[Blue Full Moon]

9. We are here with a criminal

Running for president because they let Nixon get pardoned. They have pushed the limits. Rove and Chaney trying their best to rewrite history to make a hero out of "I'm not a crook". Send to jail the message needs to be made crystal clear. No ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

[Fla Dem]

10. No, no! NO! NO, NO!!!! HELL NO!

[eShirl]

11. Don't repeat Ford's mistake.

[Prairie Gates]

12. Right on cue

They've seen their own crosstabs.

[mn9driver]

15. No.

Discussion over, WSJ.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. "Worse than Watergate" only begins to describe Tag's profligate lawbreaking

[spanone]

17. Fuck that shit.

[Johnny2X2X]

19. Hell no, he will run again in 2028

Watch, he still owns that party and he'll run again even if he is in a scooter.

[PedroXimenez]

20. we need a trial

we need to get witnesses under oath, we need to get it on record exactly what they did.

[maxrandb]

21. No way WSJ! Neither you, nor the rest of the media that normalized this fascism

is getting a pardon.

[thesquanderer]

22. People are responding as if this was WSJ's position. It is from one of their opinion columnists, not WSJ itself. (n/t)