Miranda Devine: ‘This Is Joe Biden Protecting Himself’

PERINO: “Outrage to this one, the reaction is pouring in after President Biden announced a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter. Our next guest writes this: ‘We always knew Joe would pardon troubled son Hunter — fitting the president would break another promise to the American people.’ Miranda Devine is here. And I think that’s right. Like who — who believed them when they said over and over again that no one was above the law and he would accept what the people said. That’s not the case of what happened. Miranda, before I get your take, I just want to show people some of the liberal media reaction to the pardon.”
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COLEMAN JR.: “It does raise the question as to whether this is about the court of law or whether this is somewhat political theater. (...) This has opened the door to these types of political pardons in such a way that it will be hard for Democrats and others to critique anything that Donald Trump does on this scale.”
Vance: “The reality here is if this was anyone other than Joe Biden’s son, no one would object to a pardon.”
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PERINO: “What say you, Miranda?”
DEVINE: “Well, I mean, I — I think that the most surprising thing about all of this is that anyone is surprised that Joe Biden lied. He made sure to continue that lie that he would not pardon his son right through the election. And then, you know, even after the election, he had Karine Jean-Pierre speak at the White House podium and perpetuate that lie, knowing full well that he always intended to pardon Hunter. I think what is just impossible for Democrats to defend is that this is not just about a father looking after his son and wanting him not to go to jail when this sentencing was supposed to happen in a couple of weeks, this is Joe Biden going retrospectively, going back 11 years to ensure that he himself is not ensnared in any investigation into his family’s influence peddling around the world, earning millions of dollars when he was vice president. This is Joe Biden protecting himself.”