Now that President Biden is at the helm, we can perhaps have a sigh of relieve and hope we can get back to a more normal life, whatever normal means nowadays. The passing words of the king of trailer trash will have to be monitored carefully. Trump's followers could be a force to be reckoned with, no wonder the security was so extensive. All went well yesterday, today hopefully is fine and let's see what tomorrow and the future brings. I wish both the President and Vice President well.
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Really sad to see Biden (I have mentioned it to him) and others without masks at the Lincoln Memorial after he mandated masks on federal land.
Powerful speech. Destroyed Trump without mentioning his name.
Who thought that Bernie Sanders looked like a hobo? Liked his mittens though.
Presidential Pardons - An interesting issue. I can understand the US President pardonning those who are in prison; although I wish there were (and there actually is) a pardonning committee wgo decided who should be eligible. However, I do not understand why he would pardon anyone who is accused, but not found guilty of a crime. I would assume that if the President did pardon an accused person what the president is saying is 'The accused is actually guilty, but I am going to get him off'.
If I were a prosecutor I would then start looking for further misdeeds. It would make the accused more vulnerable not less. As an aside, I wonder if someone who has been pardonned could ever say, 'Thank you, but I do not want it. Let me have my day in court as I am NOT GUILTY'. Could be bribery. Also IF the crime is a FEDERAL crime then it can be picked up by STATE prosecutors and then tried as a STATE crime.
I would like the new US President to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to only allow the Pardons Committee to produce names and reasons for a particular pardon (for example unsafe conviction or not actually guilty) rather than for a President to undertake. It would stop all these political pardons; Guilty, but they are my friends.
Just glad I live here just outside of the EU and across a wide ocean to the Ununited States of America.
Dear @harryflatters , what you just put on down in black on white, were my sentiments but all the while the little angel on my right shoulder kept saying into my ear - " be careful what you write, beware of the PC brigade!"
I also wish them well but talk about a 'poisoned chalice'! Thank goodness that disgrace of a racist, facist, women molesting lunatic is gone. Trouble is, now that he's let the genie out of the bottle in the form of his millions of rabid redneck gun toting nutters, I very much doubt anyone is going to be able to get it back in again! POTUS Biden is certainly using the language of unification etc but rather fear the reality will be a bit different - hope I'm wrong and we shall see.
Agree @renatew5 He will have a lot to "undoo"
I agree wholeheartedly. Well said @renatew5