Sit out

Swalwell tells Trump supporters to ‘sit out’ criticizing Biden pardon

Republicans blasted the Biden's move as hypocritical given the president's promise not to issue such a pardon.

Andrew Howard

At least one Democrat is responding to President Joe Biden’s Sunday pardon of his son Hunter with a reminder about President-elect Donald Trump: He’s a convicted criminal, too.

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country…you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) posted on X overnight.

Other Democrats have stayed mum or defended the president’s decision to give his son a “full and unconditional” pardon, though Rep. Greg Landsman toed a finer line. The Ohio Democrat wrote on X Monday that while "I get it" as a father, "as someone who wants people to believe in public service again, it’s a setback."

Republicans have blasted the decision as hypocritical, given Joe Biden’s promise not to issue such a pardon.

“Joe Biden has lied from start to finish,” said House Oversight Chair James Comer in a post on X. “It’s unfortunate that, rather than come clean about their decades of wrongdoing, President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability.”