US Election & Presidency

You couldn't make it up

Trump says he's thinking of pardoning Muhammad Ali. Except he's 47 years too late

Ali's lawyer says...

Quote:"We appreciate President Trump's sentiment, but a pardon is unnecessary. The US Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Muhammad Ali in a unanimous decision in 1971,"

What was Ali's crime, I hear you ask?

Draft dodging

The very same crime that he pulled himself

I wonder if he'll pardon anyone else who dodged the draft at the same time as he did

yeah but Ali didnt get away scott free he couldnt get a licence to box in any state and had his passport taken away

(09-06-2018 07:31 )HannahsPet Wrote:  yeah but Ali didnt get away scott free he couldnt get a licence to box in any state and had his passport taken away

Of course he didn't get away scot free, he was convicted of a crime.

Hence the pardon by the supreme court..... 47 years ago

what i mean unlike cadet bone spurs he couldnt get exemption and was convicted for his principles

Maybe he felt guilty. Or maybe he thought pardoning a very popular black sportsman would bring good press.

I suspect the latter

(09-06-2018 12:38 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  Maybe he felt guilty. Or maybe he thought pardoning a very popular black sportsman would bring good press.

I suspect the latter

Well he’s recently pardoned 2 black people so the cynic in me says it’s about gaining black votes later this year

only pardoned the grandmother because of Kim Kardashian and because Jared Kushner intervened

WTF Trump is pro asbestos

http://www.newsweek.com/pruitt-trump-asb...ump-962703