"...we all saw who stormed the capitol."
#Trump #GOP #Jan6 #Capitol #Fascism #WhiteSupremacy #ProudBoys #OathKeepers #ICE #Paramilitary #Pardons #Democracy
"...we all saw who stormed the capitol."
#Trump #GOP #Jan6 #Capitol #Fascism #WhiteSupremacy #ProudBoys #OathKeepers #ICE #Paramilitary #Pardons #Democracy
"...we all saw who stormed the capitol."
#Trump #GOP #Jan6 #Capitol #Fascism #WhiteSupremacy #ProudBoys #OathKeepers #ICE #Paramilitary #Pardons #Democracy
A day after the #pardons were announced, #Trump said in a press conference, “I am a friend of #police, more than any president who’s been in office.” He went on to describe the rioters. “These were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate.”
#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Among those pardoned were Peter Schwartz, who had received a 14-year sentence for throwing a chair at #police officers & repeatedly attacking them with pepper spray; Daniel Joseph Rodriguez, who was sentenced to 12.5 years for #conspiracy & assaulting an officer with a #StunGun (he sent a text message to a friend, “Tazzzzed the fuck out of the blue”); & Andrew Taake, who received a 6-yr sentence for attacking officers with bear spray & a metal whip.
A day after the #pardons were announced, #Trump said in a press conference, “I am a friend of #police, more than any president who’s been in office.” He went on to describe the rioters. “These were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate.”
#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
(14 people, mainly senior figures in the #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys movements, saw their sentences commuted but did not receive #pardons.)
Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing #police officers, & 170 had been accused of using #DeadlyWeapons in the siege.
#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
6 months later, in the summer of 2024, #Trump, who would come to describe the #Jan6 #insurrection as a “day of love,” said that, if reelected, he would #pardon rioters, but only “if they’re innocent.” Dempsey was NOT innocent, but on Jan 20, 2025, shortly after being inaugurated, Trump pardoned him & roughly 1,500 others charged with or convicted of offenses related to the Capitol insurrection.
#NeverForget #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
(14 people, mainly senior figures in the #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys movements, saw their sentences commuted but did not receive #pardons.)
Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing #police officers, & 170 had been accused of using #DeadlyWeapons in the siege.
#Jan6 #NeverForget #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #AntiAmerican #democracy #law #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
"January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy, as should the traitor who refused to accept the election results and incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol — Donald J. Trump."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #Jan6 #insurrection #coup #Constitution #crime #Congress #violence #pardons #RuleofLaw
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-shameful-day-in-the-history
"January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy, as should the traitor who refused to accept the election results and incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol — Donald J. Trump."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #Jan6 #insurrection #coup #Constitution #crime #Congress #violence #pardons #RuleofLaw
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-shameful-day-in-the-history
