Progressive Democrats are criticizing President Joe Biden‘s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, instead of those they say are suffering from mass incarceration after months of pleas to the president before he leaves office.

On Sunday, the president announced he signed a pardon for the first son, who was convicted of tax and gun felonies this year. This was a sharp reversal of the president’s previous position that he would not do so, with his decision receiving admonishments from Democrats and outrage from Republicans.