You know what would have avoided the Hunter Biden pardon flap? [View all]
For weeks, I have floated a petty but funny idea for Biden to step down very close to the inauguration, maybe even the day before and ensure that Kamala Harris would then be the 47th POTUS. The goal would solely be to turn all of Trump's crass merchandising efforts -- I conceived this after seeing one of his 45-47 hats -- into a morass. All the paraphernalia ordered and shipped out by then would be useless, creating an unanticipated business cost. Same with any decorations, cakes, napkins, plates, whatever at the host of inaugural activities around Washington DC. Due to Trump's weird obsessions with getting certain things right, it would have been a burr under his saddle.
It would have also been possible for Harris to issue the pardon to Hunter Biden during her brief stint at the Resolute Desk. She could have plainly stated that she foresaw the incoming administration abusing the power of its office to harass Hunter Biden for the duration of its term in power.
It would have also allowed Joe Biden to live up to the promise he made not to pardon Hunter. Oh, well.,
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