How is this at all related to what the person was saying? They made no mention of financial corruption. They're explicitly talking about speech and press.
> You may want to become concerned when the president can unilaterally contravene laws passed by congress and validated by the Supreme Court.
It seems prudent to say given this seems to the prevailing narrative: this did not happen. The law is still in effect and Tiktok is still banned[0]. The service shutdown that many experienced yesterday was one Tiktok performed voluntarily, presumably in protest of the ban. Tiktok's decision to restore the service was one they could have made at any point after the shutdown, regardless of any statements made by the then-President-Elect.
0: If you don't believe me, uninstall it from your phone and re-download it. ;)
additionally, wasn't the "whistleblower" who made many claims about Hunter Biden's laptop found to be blatantly fraudulent? dude was later convicted for making false statements.
IIRC the Romanian and Kazakstan ones were also heavily thrown into doubt.
That's exactly what it is. The people breathlessly compiling a list of "what abouts" for this type of corruption need to look past their nose. 2 things can be fucked up at the same time, and one of those things being fucked up isn't an excuse for the other thing to continue being fucked up.
Also, when one of those "what abouts" is verifiably false, as in the case of the guy who made claims about Hunter's laptop, it's completely meaningless. Those people are comparing to something that doesn't even exist.
It's a stupid, losing game that way too many people want to play.
At the risk of "what about"-ing, this list is laughably small compared to the Trump's bribe docket.
Neither of these are acceptable, a president and their associates should not be able to personally enrich themselves from the office. I know this disclaimer won't matter to someone who just really wants to argue, but this does absolutely nothing to move the needle for me. Pointing to someone else's corruption to excuse Trump's corruption is just a losing battle, you will never convince me to care about one when the other is just allowed to fly.
https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-ti...