Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Sunday gave President Joe Biden props for pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, before knocking Republicans over their hypocrisy.
“Because at the end of the day, we now have a 34-count convicted felon that is about to walk into the White House,” said Crockett of Donald Trump in an appearance on MSNBC.
Crockett then directed her attention to “anyone who wants to clutch their pearls” over the president’s decision to pardon his son, who was found guilty in June of illegally owning a gun in 2018.
“I would say take a look in the mirror because we also know that when it comes to this Cabinet, this Cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than any incoming Cabinet probably ever in the history of America,” said Crockett in reference to several of the president-elect’s picks to join his administration.
She continued, “So we are living in unprecedented times and we know that this was completely political as someone who serves on the [House] Oversight Committee, this was gamesmanship the entire time.”
Crockett has previously slammed the GOP-led committee for ensuring that they were “pleasing Trump” through its efforts to investigate the president and his son.
Joe Biden, who repeatedly vowed to not pardon his son or commute his sentences in the past, declared in a statement on Sunday that Hunter Biden was “unfairly” prosecuted and was “singled out only because he is my son.”
He added that his son’s mistakes had been used by Republicans to “publicly humiliate and shame him” along with his family for “political sport.”
The younger Biden was facing a sentence of up to 25 years for the gun charges.
He also pleaded guilty back in September for not paying his taxes on time.
He faced a maximum sentence of 17 years for the tax charges although sentencing experts predicted would likely see him serving no more than 36 months, according to The New York Times.
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