‘But Trump!’ Is Not an Adequate Response To Biden Criticism

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‘But Trump!’ Is Not an Adequate Response To Biden Criticism

Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 6:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation ( More Entries )

Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Mitch Kokai.

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online reacts to a common mistake made by President-elect Joe Biden's defenders.

If you write anything critical about the incoming Biden administration, the usual ninnies on Twitter will respond, "Where were you when Trump did X?" - never mind if you criticized the Trump administration plenty of times.

Joe Biden promised that he and his transition team would "abide by the highest ethical standards, act solely in furtherance of the public interest, and base all policy and personnel decisions on merit, free from individual conflicts of interest." (For now, let's put aside the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden for tax evasion, money laundering, and shady foreign associates.)

The post-Trump standard is being set, right now, by the decisions Joe Biden makes, and how Senate Democrats respond to those decisions.

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Is it okay for the next secretary of state to have founded a consulting firm that promises corporate clients a bridge from "the Situation Room to the Board Room" that refuses to disclose its clients? Because that's what Tony Blinken did. ...

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