I believe that if Mike Huckabee had done the opposite of what he did; if he had lambasted Josh Duggar for his actions, and lambasted his father for not reporting this matter to authorities immediately upon discovery, he'd be lambasted by the same people for not being forgiving. There would be references as to how "hypocritical" he was and how "judgmental" he was by the same people pillorying him now. They'd be pointing out Scripture on forgiveness and painting Huckabee as a judgmental, condemning religious fanantic.
Not true. If Huckabee condemned Josh Duggar, then he'd be doing what everyone else is - calling out a child molester for molesting children. That's totally outside of reality.