NYT: Gaetz Requested Last Minute Blanket Pardon From Trump | Talking Points Memo

Ford pardoned all actions Nixon had perpetrated during a certain period. Was that a blanket pardon?

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I think he needed more than a blanket pardon; maybe he should have gone for the New, Improved, Cloud pardon.

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That’s probably why he didn’t get his pardon - Trump hates people who get more press than he does.

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I see nothing wrong with this. I requested a blanket pardon from the former guy for any wrongdoing I may have engaged in during my college years. Not that I did anything wrong!

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Even Jacob Wohl – remember Jacob Wohl? – never forget Jacob Wohl! – has waded in, claiming to know at least one of Gaetz’s victims.

He’s only going to embarrass himself again, I imagine, so why am I smiling?

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Trying to put my finger on what’s wrong with that thought. It takes two to tango, for one thing.

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NYT: Gaetz Requested Last Minute Blanket Pardon From Trump

Damned TPM headlines… Gaetz clearly was requesting a mattress pardon.

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I had been wondering why 45 gave the Medal of Freedom to Nunes and Jordan, but not this joker. I guess now we know why.

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:joy: :joy: :joy:

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Of course, the entire statement is nonsense, but the following…

…just made my stomach turn.

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Pardon my blanket, I’m feeling a little shy today.

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One of my favorites.

Because … well, have you noticed that no one – and I mean no one – ever says ā€œunderage menā€?

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And then followed by Oliver’s biting commentary and scathing sarcasm, good for a nice long belly laugh.

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Poor Nestor.

Seriously.

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There’s nothing wrong with it as a thought: it’s a statement of fact. I saw it happen plenty of times when I was a professor. It’s why I had an open-door policy during office hours. Even that didn’t discourage all of it, and I played dumb about it unless forced to acknowledge it.

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He talks as if he was in the WH kitchen mixing chemicals together and discovered a Covid vaccine. Recall when he went to the CDC in February ā€˜20 he said the doctors were amazed at how much he knew about viruses. Classic Trump BS.

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Amen brother. When we moved to our new science building, I had Facilities remove the automatic door closer.

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I am waiting for him to be publicly Baptized!

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Your entire post should be recommended reading…especially the garble from Trump. If that is not a testament to the Post Truth Era, I do not know what is.

And this society cannot call itself a functioning one with substantial numbers of people believing even 25% of what Trump said.

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It’s perfectly possible, and I think even likely, that the whole story is a fabrication, an attempt to RetCon Trump’s support of Gaetz, to distance himself from the stench of this particular scandal.

If Gaetz says he didn’t seek a pardon, and Trump says he did… why would any sane person believe either of them?

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