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Trump already stated he would pardon most of the people convicted of crimes related to the Republican-led January 6th domestic terrorist attack on Congress attempting to keep him in power. His current main challenger for the GOP nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the same during a radio interview Thursday morning.
Don't miss the dog whistle: Pledging to pardon anyone convicted in connection with the various plots and actions to overturn the results of the 2020 election is telling their army that the GOP's got their back: break as many laws as you want to keep us in power; you'll never be held responsible. And a President who would pardon the convicted criminals from the previous election will pardon the presumptive criminals from not just this, but from every future election that goes his way. The last act of a future outgoing Republican president could be signing a pardon that wipes the slate clean for himself and literally anyone ..... so loosely worded it would take a decade of court challenges to determine its legality, long past the statute of limitations for most applicable crimes and impeding investigations along the way.
Practice over principle. It's the Republican way.
Don't miss the dog whistle: Pledging to pardon anyone convicted in connection with the various plots and actions to overturn the results of the 2020 election is telling their army that the GOP's got their back: break as many laws as you want to keep us in power; you'll never be held responsible. And a President who would pardon the convicted criminals from the previous election will pardon the presumptive criminals from not just this, but from every future election that goes his way. The last act of a future outgoing Republican president could be signing a pardon that wipes the slate clean for himself and literally anyone ..... so loosely worded it would take a decade of court challenges to determine its legality, long past the statute of limitations for most applicable crimes and impeding investigations along the way.
Practice over principle. It's the Republican way.
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