Vance Says Violent Jan. 6 Protesters Shouldn't Be Pardoned [View all]

Source: bloomberg.com





By Wendy Benjaminson January 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM CST

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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. Some 127 defendants were convicted on at least one charge related to the riot.

“If you protested peacefully on January 6, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance said in an interview to air Sunday on Fox News Sunday. “If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.”

Trump has begun to modify his promise since winning election, saying that “many” will be pardoned and that there could be exceptions for people who “got out of control.” But he hasn’t made the clear distinction that Vance made between violent and non-violent protesters......

Read more: Capitol Rioter on Way to Prison Predicts Trump Will Pardon Him





Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-12/vance-says-violent-jan-6-protesters-shouldn-t-be-pardoned

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Vance has not elaborated on what he means by non-violent either!!



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Demonstrators attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/



As the Jan 6 community was celebrating today because Suzanne Monk TOLD them everyone was getting pardoned, here comes JD Vance claiming if you committed violence, no go.

Who is he talking about? I’ll start-Copeland. List your thoughts.

Link to tweet

Bloomberg