Summary

In a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Donald Trump defended his sweeping pardons of over 1,500 individuals charged in the January 6 Capitol attack, calling the events “very minor incidents.”

He justified the pardons, citing harsh prison conditions and portraying many participants as patriots.

The move sparked backlash from police unions, some Republican lawmakers, and critics who condemned violence against officers.

Trump also criticized Biden for not pardoning himself and floated controversial ideas, including defunding FEMA and targeting sanctuary cities, in his wide-ranging interview.

  • @Cryan24
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    591 month ago

    Minor incidents? A police officer died!

    • @ArtVandelay
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      181 month ago

      I’d like to see the back the blue folks try to justify both sides of that

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        They won’t. Why can’t people seem to grasp that the hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug?

        They. Do. Not. Care.

      • @Zombiepirate
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        1 month ago

        Simple: rules are for people who aren’t like them.

        Their whole political philosophy is derived from this axiom.

      • SeaJ
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        21 month ago

        They just say the stroke he had the next day was totally unrelated.

      • FenrirIII
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        11 month ago

        No need to worry, they’ll be too preoccupied with arresting minorities

    • @Paddzr
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      121 month ago

      5 people died according to legal eagle video.

      • @Cryan24
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        11 month ago

        I had only heard about the police officer, 5 people is even worse…

    • Atelopus-zeteki
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      01 month ago

      In writing passive voice is less emphatic. Instead try active voice. “A bunch of deranged MAGA assholes (redundant) murdered a police officer by beating him to death”

      Edit for active voice.

      • @wjrii
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        151 month ago

        ACKSHULLY…

        While you’ve chosen better verbs, that’s still passive voice.

        A bunch of deranged MAGA assholes murdered a police officer by beating him to death.”

        Thank you for coming to my pedantic grammar lesson.

  • @DharkStare
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    301 month ago

    I didn’t realize beating a cop to death was considered a minor incident.

  • @dhork
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    1 month ago

    Sadly, I predict that one of these “patriots” is going to have a “minor incident” with someone on Trump’s enemies list, Luigi style, and will get immediately pardoned by Trump. He will say some shit like “This is what traitors deserve, he was just willing to do what the DoJ wouldn’t.”

    The GOP will have a good look in the mirror, have a heartfelt discussion as to whether Trump went too far, then put on the red hat and have an equally heartfelt discussion about who can snap the best salute.

    • @gibmiser
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      61 month ago

      He doesn’t need them. He is going to have the CIA NSA FBI all in his pocket with loyalist appointees

      • @dhork
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        31 month ago

        No, he doesn’t need them anymore, except to continue grifting them. But you know they will try to off someone on that enemies list, anyway.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          He also doesn’t know the CIA is all in. It’s much easier to just form a new unofficial group of Proud Boys who will be pardoned. Seeing as Trump can’t actually be held accountable for asking them to do things, it can’t come back to him.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 month ago

    So, storming a government building is a minor incident. And now there is precedence for that.

  • @normalexit
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    61 month ago

    The only solace I can find in this situation is that the worst ones will likely do something dumb and end up back in jail.