Mehdi Hasan rips Nikki Haley over Biden jab: 'You hated Trump'

Former South Carolina governor and failed 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was slammed on Monday over criticizing President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden on federal gun and tax related charges.

"Biden pardons his son, which he promised not to do," Haley wrote via X. "Not just for the crime at hand but for everything going back 11 years. Then skips town and goes to Africa. This is why no one trusts politicians. Democrats stop trying to justify this. It only makes you look more out of touch. Politics at its worst."

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan replied, "You hated Trump. Then worked for Trump. Then attacked Trump. Then sucked up to Trump. Then ran against Trump. Then voted for Trump. But sure, the Hunter Biden pardon is politics at its worst and most unreliable. Gotcha."

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Earlier on Monday, Hasan also slammed several Democratic lawmakers who also criticized Biden's decision, calling it "the wrong decision," according to Politico. The progressive commentator insisted "this is why Republicans win."

Other political experts also took aim at Haley's claims.

Center for Economic and Policy Research senior economist Dean Baker said: "The president-elect tried to overthrow the government and is promising to pardon his accomplices."

American Enterprise Institute emeritus scholar Norman Ornstein added: "You forgot that she said nothing when Trump pardoned Russian assets, grifters, cronies and assorted horribles. Including Charles Kushner. And has said nothing about Kushner's nomination as Ambassador to France."

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