Jim Jordan claimed preemptive pardons are unnecessary because Donald Trump “has never been about retribution.” Maybe he meant a different Donald Trump?
Jim Jordan claimed preemptive pardons would be "ridiculous" because "Donald Trump has never been about retribution."
Maybe he was referring to a different Donald Trump? Because the one we know has *always* been about retribution. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2024-12-06T14:01:11.543Z
Jim Jordan claimed preemptive pardons would be "ridiculous" because "Donald Trump has never been about retribution."
Maybe he was referring to a different Donald Trump? Because the one we know has *always* been about retribution.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-weigh-preemptive-pardons-unintentionally-funny-ways-rcna183152
For a variety of reasons, it’s not an easy call, but for many Republicans watching the discussion unfold, all of this is wildly unnecessary......
But the pièce de resistance came from Republican Rep. Jim Jordan. HuffPost noted the Ohioan’s head-shaking on-air comments to Fox Business host Larry Kudlow:
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Thursday Donald Trump has ‘never been about retribution’ as the White House weighs the idea of preemptive pardons for people that have long been in the president-elect’s crosshairs.
The far-right House Judiciary Committee chairman began by calling the idea of preemptive pardons “ridiculous,” before telling the television audience, in apparent seriousness, “Donald Trump has never been about retribution.”
Perhaps he was referring to a different Donald Trump?......
As for the near future, the president-elect effectively ran on a retaliatory platform: Trump said he wanted to pursue his perceived domestic political enemies, and he didn’t seem especially interested in hiding his intentions. On the contrary, he talked about his desire to abuse presidential powers all the time.
Reasonable people can disagree about the merits of preemptive pardons, but the question of whether or not Trump has unprecedented vengeful ambitions has already been answered.
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