'This is why Republicans win': Ex-MSNBC host lashes out at Dems' pardon reaction

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has a message for Democrats after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden from federal gun charges and tax offenses on Sunday — despite previously saying he would not.

"I see Congressional Dems on Twitter coming out to condemn Biden on Hunter," Hasan wrote via X. "I get it[,] but this is why Republicans win in our asymmetric politics."

Politico reports several Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Gary Peters (MI), Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), and Sen. Michael Bennett (CO), slammed the president's move, calling it "an improper use of power" and the "wrong decision" to make.

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"I love this idea that Biden pardoning Hunter will somehow 'justify' or 'excuse' Trump pardoning the Jan 6th prisoners," Hasan noted, "ignoring the fact that: 1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this. 2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes [and] their crimes."

Hasan then shared that while he personally doesn't agree with Biden's decision, he also doesn't believe the bipartisan outrage is valid.

"I don’t think he should have pardoned him, especially as he swore he wouldn’t, and I don’t actually think presidents should have a pardon power" Hasan wrote. "But spare me the faux outrage from the Trump Republican Party."