Trump’s Fiery Christmas Message: What He Told Clemency Beneficiaries
On December 25, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social expressing his refusal to extend holiday wishes to federal death-row inmates whose sentences were recently commuted by President Joe Biden.
Trump stated, “I refuse to wish a Merry Christmas to those lucky ‘souls’ but, instead, will say, GO TO HELL!”
Earlier in the week, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death-row inmates, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment without parole. This action was part of his effort to ensure a fair and effective justice system.
In his message, Trump criticized Biden’s decision, referring to the inmates as “the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like virtually no one before them.”
