One week ago today, on December 1, lame-duck President Joe Biden announced he had issued a full and unconditional pardon for his son Hunter after pledging (lying) for months that he wouldn’t do so. The resulting firestorm and repercussions have continued, with those on the left with the courage to defend the controversial pardon concocting ridiculous reason after ridiculous reason why it was justified.
Welp, MSNBC weekend host and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart on Friday came up with the most comical reason yet to declare that Biden had good reason to do what he did.
Ready?
In Capehart’s delusional mind, the pardon was “justified” because Kamala Harris lost the election.
No, really.
During an appearance on Friday’s episode of “PBS News Hour,” host Geoff Bennett ran down a list of reasons that people have criticized Biden’s pardon (rather than, as any reasonable person would do, run down a list of reasons that Biden’s pardon was justified), from the lame duck president’s pledge that he wouldn’t pardon his son to his claims that he would protect Justice Department independence by not pardoning Hunter.
Bennett then asked Capehart: “Jonathan, in your view, was it justified, and what’s the lasting impact?”
The ever-“brilliant” Capehart responded that Biden was justified not only because Harris lost but also because Democrats need “to stop bringing a melon baller to a knife fight.”
Raise your hand if you have a “melon baller.”
With the Hunter Biden pardon, all of the gun-related charges against the CEO killer should be dropped as well!