Hmmmm?
Despite the media reports that they might not stand up against Emperor Trump?
The lawmakers, who feared for their lives, are NOT Happy that the criminal’s, many who admitted their crimes, have been pardoned including who has already been arrested agains for GUN POSSESSION….
Lawmakers also are worried about support from law enforcement groups who ARE ALSO NOT happy about the wholesale pardoning of people who broke the ‘law’ and assaulted cop’s on Jan. 6, 2021…
Trump’s action, which defied assurances from his allies that he would examine convictions on a case-by-case basis and not grant clemency to people who committed violence, divided GOP senators and overshadowed talk about his first-100-days agenda…
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GOP lawmakers are largely willing to overlook the hundreds of people who entered the Capitol illegally four years ago, which disrupted the certification of former President Biden’s victory by several hours, but pardoning people who assaulted Capitol Police, causing dozens of injuries, was hard to swallow.
“It is wrong to pardon individuals convicted of violent crime, especially when many of the victims of their violence were law enforcement officers,” Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said in a statement.
Moran was expressing a view shared by many of his Senate GOP colleagues, even though many of them are reluctant to criticize Trump publicly.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who’s up for reelection this election cycle, said people who assaulted police should serve out their sentences, breaking with other Republican senators who tried to avoid talking about the issue.
“It’s not right. People who assault police officers — if they do the crime, they should do the time,” he said…
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Other Senate Republicans joined the chorus of criticism regarding Trump’s action…
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The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia found that about 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan. 6, including 80 from U.S. Capitol Police and 60 from D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.
Even Trump’s closest allies in Congress warned Trump last month that pardoning people who attacked Capitol police personnel would be the wrong move…
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Some Republican senators privately expressed frustration over Trump plunging into another huge controversy less than a day after being sworn into his second term.
One lawmaker said it reminded GOP senators of the daily roller coaster of controversies that marked his first term in the White House.
“It’s déjà vu,” the senator quipped….
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A Washington Post poll conducted last month found that two-thirds of Americans oppose pardons for people convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes….
Gee I’m sorry these Republicans are “ not happy.”
Of course after babbling their obligatory tripe ,know what they are going to do?
Not a damn thing.
They ARE mumbling OUT LOUD…..
Big deal….
They’re disgusting supporters of Donald Trump..
The Hell with them!
Hey are these Republican “ moderates you’re always happy about?
While the above irrelevancy is going on…
Here’s something really noteworthy
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson,a mere day after Trump pardoned the Republican domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol of the United States, has announced a new “select committee “ of Republicans to continue their uh “ investigation “ into the events of Jan. 6 2021.
Im sure this a fair, balanced and impartial inquiry into this terrorist attack perpetrated by Johnson’s boss , Trump,Donald J.
Mike Johnson….Making America Great Again!
Damn I feel better already!