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Matt Bevin pardoned brother of campaign donor. (Original Post)
RandySF
Dec 2019
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Republicans are very tolerant of abuse of power by government officials.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2019
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Midnight Writer
(21,803 posts)1. Republicans are very tolerant of abuse of power by government officials.
But by God they love to hammer food stamp recipients.
catbyte
(34,455 posts)2. Bevin decided to really stick it to the citizens of Kentucky. Look at the other upstanding citizens
he pardoned. From the article:
The Friday order was one of 428 pardons and commutations Bevin issued since his narrow loss in November to Democrat Andy Beshear, who was sworn into office Tuesday.
The beneficiaries include one offender convicted of raping a child, another who hired a hit man to kill his business partner and a third who killed his parents.
The beneficiaries include one offender convicted of raping a child, another who hired a hit man to kill his business partner and a third who killed his parents.
PatSeg
(47,608 posts)4. That's insane!
Like he's doing it just to be an asshole.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)3. They love corruption
spanone
(135,882 posts)5. quid pro quo
Karadeniz
(22,574 posts)6. These people...!