Multiple Americans think President Joe Biden's presidential pardon is “inappropriate,” according to the latest weekly poll economist/your government
investigation asked“Do you think the way President Biden used his power to pardon or commute the sentences of people convicted of federal crimes was appropriate or inappropriate?”
46% said it was “inappropriate” and 28% said it was “appropriate.” Just over a quarter, or 26%, remain unknown.
There is a strong partisan divide on this issue, with a majority of Democrats (55%) saying that Biden's actions regarding these pardons were “appropriate.” Only 17% said otherwise. But a majority of Republicans (71%) think Biden's actions on this issue are “inappropriate,” and a plurality of independents (48%) agree.
Only 12% of Republicans and 19% of independents think Biden's actions regarding pardons were essentially “appropriate.”
The survey was conducted between December 15 and 17, 2024 among 1,553 U.S. adults. There is a margin of error of +/- 3.4%.
Follow Biden issue The president granted pardons to 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, commuting nearly 1,500 sentences. As Breitbart News reportedwhich makes this the “largest single-day act of amnesty in modern history.”
Notably, this survey was conducted before Biden doubled down on his comments on the sentencing of 37 of the 40 federal death row inmates.
“Make no mistake about it. I condemn these murderers, I mourn the victims of their despicable acts, and my heart goes out to every family who has suffered an unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said. said. claimed In a Dec. 23 statement, he claimed to have been “guided by…” [his] conscience and [his] Making that decision requires experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, vice president, and now president.
“I am more convinced than ever that we must end the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and allow the new administration to resume executions that I have halted. ” he added.
A presidential pardon is received The person who objected most was his own son, Hunter Biden. The 82-year-old pardoned the criminal's son in his final weeks in office, after years of refusing to do so.
“No reasonable person considering the facts of Mr. Hunter's case could come to any other conclusion than that Mr. Hunter was chosen solely because he is my son. That is wrong,” Biden said. said. concluded He said this in a statement on December 1st.
“In an effort to break Hunter down after five and a half years of sobriety in the face of relentless attacks and selective prosecution,” he said, “in an effort to break Hunter down, they “I've been trying to break through,” he added. Me – and there is no reason to believe it will stop here. That's enough. ”
Notably, Biden's pardon stretches back to 2014 and includes Hunter's role in Ukraine, where he served on the board of corrupt Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
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This pardon came despite Biden and his administration repeatedly lying to the American people for years, and despite both denying their intention to pardon Hunter.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre I lied He spoke about it as recently as November 7, 2024, and when asked if Biden intended to pardon his son, he flatly answered a reporter, “No.”
“We've been asked that question many times. Our answer is no,” she claimed.
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