President Biden officially pardoned his son Hunter on Sunday, and come Monday morning, the hosts of “The View” were pretty pleased to see it. What they didn’t love, though, was the “hypocritical pearl-clutching” that’s happening among Republicans.
For host Whoopi Goldberg, the move wasn’t surprising, simply because all presidents use the power of the pardon — as she pointed out, Donald Trump granted 237 acts of clemency, 143 pardons and 94 commutations during his first term.
“It is a president’s prerogative. You know, people can say, ‘Why are you doing that?’ But that’s what presidents do,” she said. “Every time, they do it.