He wants the death penalty for drug dealers. Not so much for white-collar criminals, a number of whom just received presidential pardons or commutations. One miscreant whose sentence Trump* commuted: Rod Blagojevich, ex-governor of Illinois.
I can think of four reasons for Trump* to issue pardons and commutations today:
1. Send a message to Roger Stone.And did you notice Trump*’s use of a plural pronoun in speaking of himself? “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich.” As in “I would like you to do us a favor though.” Himself, not the country.
2. Exercise power, because that’s what Trump* likes to do.
3. Eat up news time and distract attention from the Democratic primaries.
4. Send a message to Roger Stone. I have your back, Roger, Nixon tattoo and all.
And now that the disgraced Illinoisan is back in the news: How do you pronounce “Blagojevich”?
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