Chuck Schumer’s speech comes four years after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol believing the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.
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By
Samantha-Jo Roth
Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday urged President-elect
Donald Trump not to pardon those who participated in the riots on
Jan. 6, 2021, four years after the attack on the Capitol.
“
It is shamefully, utterly outrageous that the president is considering pardons for these rioters who broke the law and attacked our police officers on Jan. 6,” Schumer said on the Senate floor ahead of the 2024
election certification.
“Pardoning the criminals who assaulted police officers and tried to halt the democratic process would be a dangerous endorsement of political violence.
“It would send a message to the country and to the world that those who use force to get their way will not be punished,” Schumer added. “
It is wrong, it is reckless, and it would be an insult to the memory of those who died in connection that day.”
Comment:
Chuck Schumer should be "utterly outraged" that an unarmed protester was shot dead.
The Jan 6 protesters received politically motivated excessively long sentences.
They should be pardoned and released.
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