Should Edward Snowden Be Pardoned?

[Moderate Right]

Trump says he will look '''very strongly''' at granting pardon to whistleblower Edward Snowden

 

[Peter]

I wonder why this whistleblower is fine when others are called traitors and criminals by Trump and Republicans?

There must be a pattern somehwre but it's just so gosh darn hard to spot.

 

[swing_voter]

Trump's digging for votes wherever he can find them.

 

[Abbazorkzog]

Inb4 "if you support whistleblowers you're a Trump supporter!" even though it is possible to support both pardoning whistleblowers like Snowden and Manning and abhor Trump and those who came before him simultaneously...

This is obviously a cheap campaign stunt by Trump to make supporters of Snowden and whistleblowers out to be Trump supporters.

Trump won't pardon Ed Snowden.

 

[Jetboogieman]

Yes.

But here’s the problem, what’s Trumps true motivation here?

Votes?

I doubt it, he wouldn’t get more than 10 for doing this.

He probably isn’t going to do it, I’m just befuddled why he would do it.

 

[Kyle Phoenix]

Edward Snowden exposed a dangerous and largely unnecessary expansion of government power and intrusion in to people's lives by violating their right to privacy. It is part of a legacy from the War on Terror under Bush that continued under Obama, that the American people should be very concerned about.

I think this is the right thing to do and it would be a rare moment when I would support something Trump has done in office.

 

[RabidAlpaca]

Yes. Exposing illegal and unconstitutional behavior from the government shouldn't be illegal. You can complain about his methods, but he exposed government corruption and some positive change and awareness has come from it.

 

[Cardinal]

Yes.

But here’s the problem, what’s Trumps true motivation here?

Votes?

I doubt it, he wouldn’t get more than 10 for doing this.

He probably isn’t going to do it, I’m just befuddled why he would do it.

Welp, guess we'll know when we learn who's been talking to him.

 

[Drawdown]

Nope. His crime is on-going.

 

[Cardinal]

18 tweets calling for Snowden's blood before he was President. Now he's thinking of pardoning him. Quite the shift, there.

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1294810984431915009

 

[Greenbeard]

18 tweets calling for Snowden's blood before he was President. Now he's thinking of pardoning him. Quite the shift, there.

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1294810984431915009

Probably a Putin request.

 

[Vadinho]

I could care less about him, he is no Daniel Ellsberg.

 

[99percenter]

So trump wants to pardon a traitor who ran away to russia. Did his bff vlad ask him to do this?

 

[Hatuey]

Snowden should be treated like Manning. Prison for a few years, then, release.

Anything less is partisan hackery.




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