Barack Obama’s last week in office is not without controversy. While it’s tradition for presidents to give out pardons and commutations before leaving office, a few of Obama’s picks have many perplexed — and outraged.
Most notable among Obama’s commutations were Oscar Lopez-Rivera, a domestic terrorist who fought for Puerto Rican independence, and Chelsea Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks.
Manning’s shortened sentence struck many as particularly hypocritical considering Obama’s previous comments regarding WikiLeaks and the 2016 election. While Obama vowed to “take action” against Russia for allegedly hacking and releasing thousands of DNC emails to the WikiLeaks, he’s done the exact opposite for Manning. He’s setting her free.
This isn’t sitting well with the incoming administration. Mike Pence sounded off against the commutation shortly after news broke.
See what he said on the next page:
One gay guy looking out for another
Did Bradley get out, too? Or is he still trapped inside?
I still can’t believe he released Manning and the FALN terrorist. Both of them caused innocent people to die. To quote a current popular statemen, ‘not my president’.
yeah…hes very much against revealing state secrets and hacking…except when transexuals do it
no words will work
He can try!
The truth is, Obama said it himself “I will stand with Muslims,” and that’s exactly what he did. He pretends to be a good president, pretends to be a true American, even pretends to be a Christian. As you can see, he does not fall far from his true colors; Islam is what he stands for, not USA.
No can do.
There is no defense.
Let’s not discuss that loser. Let’s talk about stopping this b******t of Presidential Pardons, period. Bill Clinton let out lots of crooks too. I don’t know if it is even legal under the Constitution, but I do intend to read up on this to learn what can be done to stop it.