Radio host Charlamagne tha God contended President Joe Biden and Democrats need to “stop acting” as though they are the political party of the “moral high ground” in the wake of the president pardoning his son.
Biden’s pardon was made after he repeatedly said he would not do so prior to Sunday night when the president issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to his son, Hunter Biden. In reacting to the news, Charlamagne contended he does not care about the act but rather how it goes against the portrayal many Democrats have pushed in contrasting themselves to President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
“I just want Democrats to stop acting like they’re on this moral high ground politically when they have shown us they’re not,” Charlamagne said on The Breakfast Club. “You know, whether it’s skipping the primary process when Biden stepped down, to things like Biden pardoning his son. Stop acting like you all are the pure party, and Republicans aren’t!”
The radio host then argued that the president’s pardon proves elected officials can do whatever they please so long as they have “the political will and courage to do it.”
Charlamagne’s knock on Democrats choosing not to undergo a primary election after Biden dropped his reelection bid comes after he invited Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman Lara Trump on The Breakfast Club, during which she argued the “coup” against the president was “the real threat to democracy.”
Many have been very critical of the president for his reversal in deciding to pardon his son, with Trump deeming it “an abuse and miscarriage of justice.” Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) also criticized the pardon, contending the Biden administration has “tossed out the scales of justice” in favor of weaponizing the Department of Justice.
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The president explained in a statement regarding his pardon that while he believes in the system of justice, the process of his son’s conviction became “infected” with “raw politics,” and he opted to pardon his son. He added that he hoped the public would understand why, “as a father and a president,” he granted this pardon.
On X, the president wrote a statement on May 31 about how “no one is above the law,” referring to Trump’s legal feuds. Following the pardon granted to his son, the president’s post received a community note pointing out his contradiction.