James Comer mocked over call to invalidate Biden pardons on Fox News: 'Be careful'

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) suggested on Monday that pardons issued by former President Joe Biden should be declared "null and void," prompting a wave of reactions online.

The Chairman of the House Oversight Committee appeared on Fox Business to discuss pardons, including the preemptive pardon issued by Biden for Dr. Anthony Fauci. In an explosive new Washington Post report, new details emerged involving former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's actions and her accusations that Fauci had led a COVID coverup.

Comer argued during the live interview that Biden had never held any meetings ahead of pardons.

"There's no evidence Joe Biden had any decision-making in the pardon process. So I think that, alone, is more than enough evidence to declare all the pardons issued by Joe Biden in the last days of his presidency null and void," Comer said.

The internet responded to the Republican lawmaker's claims, with experts raising questions over what Comer's remarks could mean for President Donald Trump's pardons.

"If Biden's pardons can be declared null and void, so can Trump's under the next president, and for the same reasons. Be careful what you wish for," writer and political commentator Gary Gifford, who has more than 34,000 followers, wrote on Bluesky.

"I would welcome the death of the pardon power!" John Castiglione, lawyer and assistant editor of The Steinbeck Review, wrote on Bluesky.

"Got his marching orders," Dr. Marina Archer, psychologist and progressive commentator with nearly 15,000 followers, wrote on Bluesky.

"When you run out of real talking points," Anthony M. Hopper, author and professor at ECPI University, wrote on X.