@vegeta to politics • 3 months agoJudges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nearsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12arrow-up1167arrow-down12cross-posted to: newspolitics
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minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish21•3 months agoLenient sentences send the message that political violence is a low-risk activity, at least if you’re fashy enough.
minus-square@Dkarmalink7•3 months agoOnly if their guys in power and loses. That’s why trump wants to stop elections altogether. No j6th to fail then.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThe lenient sentencing is being done while biden is pres. Sure Trump might pardon the traitors if he wins, but they haven’t exactly been punished very harshly for the treason they committed.
Lenient sentences send the message that political violence is a low-risk activity, at least if you’re fashy enough.
Only if their guys in power and loses. That’s why trump wants to stop elections altogether. No j6th to fail then.
The lenient sentencing is being done while biden is pres. Sure Trump might pardon the traitors if he wins, but they haven’t exactly been punished very harshly for the treason they committed.