Chris Cuomo and Stephen A. Smith Urge Biden to Give Trump the Hunter Treatment and Pardon Him
Chris Cuomo and Stephen A. Smith joined together this week to urge President Joe Biden to give a pardon to President-elect Donald Trump after offering one to his son Hunter Biden over the weekend.
Smith joined Cuomo on Monday evening to break down the news of the elder Biden’s pardoning of the younger one, a decision that has received some backlash in light of the fact that the president previously said he would not take such action.
Cuomo argued Biden should extend his pardon power to the man about to replace him in the White House. Trump has faced numerous investigations and was convicted on more than 30 felony counts in a hush money trial in New York earlier this year. Trump continues to deny that he hid payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Hunter Biden was awaiting sentencing on tax and gun convictions ahead of his father’s pardon, which covers any and all criminal conduct over a more than decade-long period.
“You know what else Biden should do? And I know people are going to get upset about this, but just think about it before you go crazy on me — not you, everybody else,” Cuomo told Smith. “If I were he, I would pardon Trump. I would say, this has got to stop.”
Smith was in full agreement with Cuomo, telling Democrats it’s time to move on and focus on future elections.
“Chris, that’s exactly what I would do, that’s exactly what I would do. Enough’s enough,” the sports broadcaster said. “You know what? You’re the Democrats, you lost the election, you got your butt whipped, you could have prevented him from going back to the White House.”
Smith added it’s “time to move forward,” as any lingering investigations into Trump will die when he steps back into office.
“You want to get at Trump? Sit back and judge what he does,” he said. “Guess what? You’ve got a midterm election in two years. Are you going to be ready?”
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