Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson has more on Democrats' reaction to President Biden's decision to pardon his son on 'Special Report.'
As Democrats, we are deeply disappointed in President Joe Biden’s decision to offer a full and unconditional pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted on multiple tax and gun charges.
To be clear, we do not deny the president’s absolute right to pardon anyone – including his son – nor do we necessarily dispute the president’s logic, but there are a number of reasons we, and many other Democrats, feel this way.
Politically, as the nation’s highest ranking official, what President Biden did undercut the Democratic Party, as well as Democrats’ objections to what President-elect Donald Trump and his allies are planning to do with the federal government.
What do we mean by this?
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On the most basic level, Democrats have long maintained that Trump and Republicans have undermined the rule of law, both during Trump’s first term and thereafter.
Indeed, the alleged threats Donald Trump poses to democracy were a large part of Vice President Kamala Harris’ unsuccessful campaign for president.
And while voters clearly did not consider this a make-or-break issue, this argument does have great appeal to those who support and want to strengthen our democratic institutions.
President Biden has now........