Posted on 06/08/2023 2:46:05 AM PDT by Libloather
More than half of Republican voters support issuing pardons to those convicted of offenses during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, a DailyMail.com/TIPP poll shows.
Fully 54 percent of GOP voters support nixing the convictions of those who breached the Capitol in early 2021 - a policy that's been floated by Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as they joust for the party's presidential nomination.
Across all respondents, however, only 34 percent supported pardons for those who rioted that day, while 57 percent oppose the idea, according to our survey of nearly 1,400 adults.
As many as 2,000 people took part in the effort to overturn then-president Trump's electoral defeat to Joe Biden, a Democrat. Some of those who took part have said they were patriots who were misled.
More than 1,000 people have been charged with various assault, conspiracy, property damage, and restricted area offenses, official figures show. More than 500 have been convicted.
Former president Trump last month said that he would pardon a 'large portion' of those convicted of federal January 6 offenses if he was elected commander-in-chief again in 2024.
'I am inclined to pardon many of them,' Trump told a town hall gathering in New Hampshire.
'I can't say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control.'
Days later, Trump's only serious challenger in the crowded field of Republicans seeking the party's nomination, Florida Gov DeSantis, dangled a similar offer before primary voters.
Speaking on a conservative talk radio show, DeSantis vowed to examine cases of January 6 rioters, pro-life activists and parents arrested over their actions at school board meetings, and be 'aggressive' in issuing pardons.
'We will use the pardon power - and I will do that at the front end,' said DeSantis.
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Come to think of it...if 500,000 cowardly draft dodgers could be pardoned every one of the protesters can as well.
When is Ray Epps going to be charged????
“Half” of the Republicans is outrageous!. It should be ALL of the spineless, gutless GOP eunuchs and should have been from January 6th, 2021. They’ve allowed the FU Biden Admin DC Hanoi Hilton POWs to be illegally incarcerated since 1/6/21. What a national disgrace by 535 traitors in office.
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