I’m a lapsed Catholic with a lot of problems with the church, but I approve of Chicago Bob’s choice. 👍

It’s my understanding that you don’t have to accept a pardon, and that accepting one is a tacit admission of guilt, which probably opens up some interesting legal arguments once Trump is out of office.

I am the son of MAGA parents. They were never overtly racist. They were always kind to my non-white friends and their non-white neighbors, always thinking that they were “one of the good ones”. But since Trump has validated their latent racism, it has become more ugly. I think that’s more insidious and dangerous than empowering the lunatic fringe, honestly.