Vance Says Violent MAGAts Shouldn’t Get Pardons For J6

Sunday, January 12, 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. President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign that on his first day in office he would pardon the protesters who stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 election, which President Joe Biden won. Five people died as a result of the violence and the hundreds injured included 174 police officers; 127 defendants were convicted on at least one charge related to the riot.

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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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

@#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 | Reply