Ex-Obama strategist David Axelrod slams Biden’s pardons of family members as he left White House
January 23, 2025
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as posted by the channelFormer Barack Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod roasted former President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his family members in the final moments of his presidency — telling the ex-commander in chief to “man up.”
“That was egregious,” Axelrod, a frequent Biden critic, groaned on an episode of his Hacks on Tap podcast released Tuesday. “That 10 minutes before the inauguration, they announced that he’s pardoned members of his family.
“I mean, man up! You know what I mean? Man up, and if you’re gonna do it, do it, but don’t do it literally as you have one foot out the door so you don’t have to explain it or be accountable for it,” the CNN contributor continued.
“Could you end a presidency as badly as he has? I mean, Trump did,” Axelrod went.
Biden on Monday made the unprecedented and controversial decision to issue blanket, pre-emptive pardons to his siblings and their spouses, which were announced about 15 minutes before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president.
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