This guy went around giving everybody pardons
Dismissal of charges, pardons after convictions, and commutations of sentences will not change the truth of what happened on January 6, 2021,
We got the real men back,
We’re all coming for their jobs. We’re talking in Congress,
We can’t do this!” ... We can do this!”
I’m happy that the president’s focusing not on retribution and focusing on success, but I will tell you that I’m not gonna play by those rules,
They’re going to have a lot of loyalty to Trump, not only because that’s what brought them to January 6 in the first place, but now he’s effectively positioned himself as their Savior,
I think that it very well could be the case that some of these folks will be invited to the White House and perhaps made, officially or unofficially, part of the administration, in a way that further legitimizes them,
I would expect them to be quite emboldened and start rebuilding their ranks and use Trump’s sanctioning of January 6 as a way to recruit members,
The MAGA movement is stronger than ever. And I’m fearless now. I’m not afraid of going to jail,
If Trump wanted to mobilize them, he could,
He has the potential to sort of regain a legitimized leadership and potentially get along a big following behind him,
We worked together a lot in the streets,
The Oath Keepers were decimated by the January 6 prosecutions. They’ve essentially been doing nothing,
I wanna see the prosecutors prosecuted […] all the cops that lied on the stand investigated, all the cops who used excessive force investigated.”
This is what I would say to Stewart Rhodes: Go f*** yourself. You’re a liar,
By letting violent white supremacists and militia types who engaged in this activity out of prison he has emboldened those movements, made them more powerful, and given them the sanction of the highest office,
Well, we have to see.”
The rhetoric underscores the growing alignment between extremist groups and government policies under Trump’s administration,
Every step of the way, from the western boundary of Capitol grounds, to the West Lawn, to the Upper West Terrace, to the interior of the Capitol itself, she saw sign after sign that her presence was unlawful. Nevertheless, heeding the call of former President Trump, she continued onwards to 'stop the steal,