President Joe Biden gave the American people a final kick in the teeth with his about-face pardon of son Hunter Biden.

It’s a huge win for the Fortunate Son — he’s now spared a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions.

Joe Biden, who’s been fond of garnishing his speeches with the phrase “believe me,” just proved to America that we never really could. Not when he told us that inflation was “transitory,” and not when he said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter.

“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden wrote in a statement. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”

That was then.

And so, Democratic voters still reeling over the election victory of Donald Trump got another blow on Sunday after learning Hunter is off the hook. Democrats have believed and supported Biden all this time, defended him even as grocery bills soared and cities around the country bore the brunt and cost of illegal immigration.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has carried the ball for Biden’s denials multiple times, noting after the election that a pardon was off the table.

“We’ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no,” she said.

Having one of the worst Mondays ever, Jean-Pierre claimed that President Biden pardoned his son because “war politics” prompted Hunter’s prosecution. Would that be the War on Integrity?

Even Democratic lawmakers are speaking out.

“President Biden’s decision put personal interest ahead of duty and further erodes Americans’ faith that the justice system is fair and equal for all,” Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., posted on the X on Monday.

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., told CNN “As a father myself and as someone who knows Joe Biden I can sympathize with his perspective. Having said that, what other father in America has power to pardon his son or daughter if they’re convicted of a crime?”

That would be the “for thee but not me” clause held dearly by elites.

The fallout is not limited to the loss of trust in the justice system. Joe Biden all but delivered a knockout punch to the credibility of the Democratic Party. As the New York Post reported, polling guru Nate Silver is telling voters to abandon every Democrat who doesn’t likewise criticize and reject the “selfish” move.

“A selfish and senile old man,” the founder of the FiveThirtyEight polling aggregator wrote of Biden, 82, on X.

Biden’s been called worse, and personally he had nothing to lose with this decision. He’s out of office in less than two months, ready to enjoy the cossetted retirement afforded an ex-president.

But he leaves a party bereft of claims to the moral high ground, one that can slam Donald Trump for giving the father-in-law of daughter Tiffany, and son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father positions in his administration, but open to returning shots about Biden’s own nepotism.

This isn’t a great moment for America. But it’s not a complete surprise, either.

Believe us.

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