President Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter, despite having previously vowed he would not give him a pass, shows a new poll released Wednesday showed Americans' approval ratings was only 20%.
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about half of adults disapprove of the pardon given to Hunter after he was convicted of felony gun and tax charges.
According to the poll, about 18% of adults said they neither supported nor opposed the decision, while 8% said they did not know enough to say either way.
Democrats were more likely than Republicans or independents to approve a pardon, but the poll found that only 38% of Democrats approved of it, compared to 27% who said they did not support it.
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Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has faced widespread criticism, with only about 20% of Americans supporting the decision, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll released Wednesday. There is. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
According to opinion polls, about 80% of Republicans and 51% of independents disapproved of amnesty.
Biden granted the full pardon on Dec. 1 after Hunter said multiple times on the record that he would not pardon his son if a jury convicted him.
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on December 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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The eldest son was convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year. He pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in September and was convicted in June of three felony gun counts for falsely stating on a mandatory gun purchase form that he did not use the weapon illegally or was addicted to drugs. I received it.
The president said in a statement that Hunter was “singularly chosen simply because he is my son” and claimed that “there was an attempt to break Hunter down” in order to “break me down.”
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The day after the pardon, reporters blasted White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, asking whether Biden and his agents had lied to the American people. “One of the things the president believes in is always being honest with the American people,” Jean-Pierre responded, repeatedly pointing to Biden's own statements on the issue.
Fox News Digital's Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
