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In today’s edition, reporters take a look at President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, and the part that’s particularly irritating to Democrats. Additionally, Senior Political Editor Mark Murray looks at three big polling trends that defined 2024.
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Some Democrats outraged by Biden’s pardon justification
Written by Carol E. Lee, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Gary Grumbach, Darre Gregorian
President Joe Biden didn’t just pardon his son Hunter. His approach has upset some Democrats.
According to a White House statement released Sunday night, the president said Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed or been involved in a crime between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024. He granted a “complete and unconditional amnesty” for all crimes committed. .
The pardon comes after Biden has repeatedly said he has no intention of using executive power to pardon or commute his son’s sentence. And Biden said in a statement that he was pardoning his son because he had been “selectively and unjustly prosecuted.”
As Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona said Monday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press Now,” this goes against longstanding core policy positions for the Democratic Party and is in line with President-elect Donald Trump and President-elect Donald Trump. It also goes against the way his allies have described his investigation and investigations. Prosecution.
“I’m pretty angry because it’s so hard for political leaders of both parties to stand up for the independence of the Justice Department and stand up against attacks that suggest that the Justice Department has become politicized and needs to be dismantled or dismantled. “The FBI needs to be dismantled because it’s going to be important,” Stanton said. (See below for more information on Stanton.)
President Trump responded to Biden’s actions by raising the issue of defendants and those convicted of violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as he pushed to overturn the 2020 election results.
“Does the pardon Joe granted Hunter include the J-6 hostage who has now been imprisoned for years? What an abuse and failure of justice!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Special Counsel David Weiss’s office on Monday pushed back against Biden’s claims that Hunter Biden’s charges were politically motivated, appearing to call such allegations “baseless.” . Weiss is in a lawsuit challenging Hunter Biden’s request to dismiss California tax and fraud charges because of his father’s pardon, in which a number of judges have already ruled against Biden’s claims of vindictive prosecution. It was pointed out that it was rejected.
So far, a few lawmakers have spoken out about the pardon, but one notable group has remained silent. These are Democratic Party members who are considered to have an early possibility of running for the 2028 presidential election. Please pay attention to future trends in this space.
Three big takeaways from the 2024 poll
Written by Mark Murray
The polls not only suggest that the 2024 presidential election will be competitive and uncertain, but also pinpoint the political atmosphere that shaped the race and may continue to shape politics in the future. Here are some of the biggest lessons we learned.
In the broadest terms, polls show that the country is headed in the wrong direction, with incumbent President Joe Biden’s approval rating stuck in the low 40s, a historic danger zone for the party controlling the White House. It is an accurate depiction of what most voters think they are.
After all, an NBC News exit poll found that 73% of voters said they were angry or dissatisfied with the direction of the country, and only 40% approved of Mr. Biden’s performance.
Additionally, the poll predicted many of the key demographic trends that will ultimately determine the 2024 election, including Trump’s support among Latino voters.
The NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC Latino Poll was among the polls pointing to a Trump victory well before the election. Many polls also found early on that Biden and the Democratic Party were struggling relatively with younger voters, especially some men, compared to other recent elections.
But polls, including the NBC News poll, erred by exaggerating the size of the gender gap in support for Harris among women voters and for Trump among men.
Exit polls showed Harris won by 8 points among women voters and Trump by 13 points among men, for a 21-point gender gap, consistent with recent presidential elections. This was smaller than the more than 30-point gender gap shown in an NBC News poll.
An important thing to keep in mind regarding the gender gap is to instead combine education and race to see where and how the gender gap is widening. Harris won white college-educated women by 16 points, while Trump won college-educated white men by 40 points. The difference between these two different groups was a whopping 56 points.
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🗞️ Today’s Top News
🚨 Pardon counterattack: Republican lawmakers publicly outraged after Biden pardoned his son Hunter, calling it a “responsibility siege” and calling the president a “hypocrite” He blames it. Continue reading → 🚨 Pardon fightback, continued: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden will pardon his son even though the president has told reporters multiple times that he has no such plans defended the decision. Continue reading → 🏛 Court Watch: Supreme Court hears dispute over Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes citing public health concerns, FDA’s decision to green light new tobacco products role will be put to the test. Continue reading → ➡️ Preparing for Trump 2.0: Two Democratic senators issue policy directive to Biden administration that could temporarily limit President Trump’s ability to deploy U.S. troops into the country after he takes office I’m asking you to. Continue reading → ➡️ Preparing for Trump 2.0 (continued): Consumer advocates say they are preparing for sweeping changes at one of Washington’s newest financial watchdogs under the Trump administration, but Allies have promised broad deregulation of companies that handle Americans’ money. Continue reading → ✈️ Air Force One to Angola: Biden becomes the first American head of state to visit the southern African nation of Angola, where he will visit a U.S.-backed infrastructure project designed to connect Angola, Zambia and Congo. I’m planning to introduce it. Read more →
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