On CNN This Morning, CNN Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny uttered a very cynical “why not?” on the question of whether Joe Biden should pardon Hunter.
The show had played the clip of Biden flatly telling ABC’s David Muir that he would not pardon his son.
But hey! That was then, when Biden was running for president. And this is now, with Biden out of the race. So, yeah, “why not?”
Biden breaking his promise would give a new meaning to a favorite line of his: “On my word as a Biden.”
Zeleny used the tried-and-true MSM dodge of putting his opinion in the mouths of others, framing his answer as a some-would-say spin. Zeleny built his case for the pardon by noting that the power to do so is “one prerogative a president has. I guess some would say why not use it?”
Kasie Hunt also pushed the notion that Biden should pardon Hunter, asking Brad…
