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by cure 1971 days ago
I think you're assuming they are more competent/smarter than they really are.
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It does not take a lot of brains to say, "Every outgoing President does this, you should do the same."

And he didn't particularly abuse the power. The record for one day of pardons/commutations is 330, set by Barack Obama on his last day of office. I believe that the record before that was set by Bill Clinton.