The partisan nature of the Elitist Media’s news coverage even trickles down to how pardons are covered. Any pardon issued by President Donald Trump will immediately raise the media’s hackles and draw significant coverage. Controversial pardons by Democrats? Not so much.
Per The New York Post:
Minnesota officials, including Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, last month pardoned an illegal immigrant who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and who was slated to be deported.
With the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission (CRC), the Minnesota Board of Pardons — led by Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson — granted a pardon for Laos national Tou Lue Vang, 42, at its June 10 meeting, according to a letter informing Vang of the decision from Carli Stark, the executive director of the state CRC.
The pardon essentially gives Vang a clean slate.
“Being granted a pardon is a notable achievement and a reflection of the work you have done since your conviction,” Stark wrote in her letter to Vang.
The article goes on to note that the defendant admitted to having the sexual contact with a minor, and blamed his crimes on the cultural norms of his native Thailand. Furthermore, he was detained last year as part of the Trump administration’s enforcement operations in Minnesota.
In other words, this is the type of criminal immigrant that we were told needed to be removed from the streets- the worst of the worst. Instead, a clemency commission that includes the 2024 Democrat vice presidential nominee decides to pardon him so that he can avoid deportation. Needless to say, a Trump pardon under similar circumstances would have drawn significant A-block time.
There was no mention of this pardon on the Elitist Media evening news, or on its cable news networks. Instead, viewers were regaled with endless coverage of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding at Madison Square Garden. There was time for this and for other things but, to put a fine point on it, zero time for the pardon of a convicted violent sexual predator so that he may avoid deportation from the United States. We are reminded yet again that what doesn’t get covered on the Elitist Media evening news is often more important than what does.