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Is the hostility really required?

The comment was about last-day pardons, not pardons in general. Its a topic many presidents have gotten flak or attention for.

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What hostility? I was asking if they were really confused or if they were asking rhetorically. If they were actually confused, the answer is yes.

edit: oh, I guess "and Donald Trump is president until the end of his term" could come off as patronizing. I meant it just as a statement in a chain of reasoning

Recent untested precedent exists of blanket pardons needed for unqualified crimes and they are so far likely to be challenged on a different technicality (first?).. Asking what people think is not confused unless you are being uncharitable or know a lot of actual precedents that we all should know from another era.

I am fully unaware of any challenges to recent pardons. I don’t follow politics much and just knew about the blanket pardon that I assume all presidents will use going forward unless it’s challenged in court.

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