Vance says Violent Jan. 6 Rioters Shouldn't get Pardons

Monday, January 13, 2025

Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss's promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should "obviously" not receive pardons.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 04:31 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

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... saying those who behaved violently should "obviously" not receive pardons ...

Wait, what?

VP-elect Vance said that Pres-elect Trump does not understand what is obvious?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-12 06:23 PM

As a follow-up question ...

How many of those charged and convicted for J6 were non-violent, i.e., just there to peacefully express their right of Free Speech?

And how many of those charged and convicted for J6 were charged and convicted because of their actions, not their speech?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-12 06:26 PM

Someone had to break it to MAGAs that he really didn't mean that part about Pardoning the J6 Insurrectionists. Now, by his rules, Trump will Pardon people like Fake Electors, who are mostly political troops, and let some others hang. So to speak.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-12 07:18 PM

@#3 ... Someone had to break it to MAGAs that he really didn't mean that part about Pardoning the J6 Insurrectionists. ...

Yeah, back in the day, I posted a link to a cartoon showing ex-VP Pence cleaning up after then candidate Trump. Lemme see what i can find ...

I found this, but this is not the one I remember....

Political cartoon U.S. Donald Trump Mike Pence cleaning up (August 2016)
theweek.com

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-12 08:57 PM

VP-elect Vance said that Pres-elect Trump does not understand what is obvious?

Everyone says that.

Because he doesn't.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-13 07:32 AM

Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers

And repug filth claim to back the blue. Weird.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-01-13 12:12 PM

How long will it be before the deplorables threaten to hang Vance?

www.newsweek.com

#7 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-01-13 05:49 PM

Of course hundreds of violent protesters, many of whom directly assaulted Capitol Hill Police, will be pardoned. Those pardons will extend to criminals who entered guilty pleas at their trials, while being represented by competent legal counsel. Some will come away from this with a disdain for King Dotard II, realizing that he duped them to comit violence on his behalf. Others will conduct themselves like the SA in the early years of the Hitler chancelorship...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-13 05:50 PM

Vance is sitting at the kiddy table where he'll probably remain for the duration.

Maybe he just pops his head up once in a while to remind people that he was elected, too.

#9 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-13 06:45 PM

VP-elect Vance said that Pres-elect Trump does not understand what is obvious?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-12 06:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

"To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law, you will pay."

"I'm going to do case-by-case," Trump said, "and if they were non-violent, I think they've been greatly punished. And the answer is I will be doing that, yeah, I'm going to look if there's some that really were out of control."

both DJT, before Vance just reaffirmed it.

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-01-15 10:49 AM

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