Here We Go. Biden Says He Could Have Won, And He Regrets Appointing Merrick Garland As AG.
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After a severe defeat at the polls, some of the knives come out among various people in the defeated political party over the loss and who is to blame. Well, President Biden says he could have defeated Trump (Uh No Joe), and he does publicly admit that...

Summary

President Biden expressed regret over appointing Merrick Garland as Attorney General, criticizing Garland’s slow action in prosecuting Donald Trump for the January 6 insurrection while aggressively pursuing cases against Hunter Biden.

Biden reportedly blamed former Chief of Staff Ron Klain for persuading him to choose Garland over other candidates, such as Doug Jones, who was seen as more politically assertive.

Many Democrats share Biden’s frustration, believing Garland’s cautious approach harmed efforts to hold Trump accountable.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    1 year ago

    Garland actively helped Trump. Slow walking an investigation for fear of being political is itself political. In treating Trump with kid gloves unlike any other perp was political.

    Garland fucked over Biden- and America- pure and simple, because he was scared of an angry toddler.

    And the worst of it was; that the reason behind selecting Garland wasn’t because he was particularly qualified… but because republicans fucked his nomination to SCOTUS over and people (read: biden) felt bad.

    • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      1 year ago

      Let’s not forget, on that note: Biden picking him was bad but so was Obama nominating him to the SCOTUS to begin with. Replacement for Scalia or not, we see what that led to. Garland getting on the Court wouldn’t really be making a difference there either.