JD Vance Responds To Trump Calling For Jan. 6 Pardons: ‘A Lot Of These People Do Deserve Pardons’

5 months ago

Following the first presidential debate on Thursday, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) answered reporter questions on the pardoning of January 6th rioters.

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00:00Anybody who takes the stuff isn't affected negatively by it.

00:02Do you agree with Trump that those who were at the Capitol on January 6th, all of them

00:07should be freed from any prosecution?

00:09Well, I think what Trump has said is that non-violent offenders should be freed of prosecution.

00:13If you walked into the Capitol peacefully, if a police officer said that you should come,

00:18you know, if you're, there's of course the case of the 72-year-old grandmother who was

00:21praying at the United States Capitol.

00:23Should she have the weight of the law thrown at her?

00:25Absolutely not.

00:26And absolutely, I think that a lot of these people do deserve pardons.

00:29Of course, if you committed violence, if you beat up a police officer, that's a different

00:33situation.

00:34But what we've seen the Biden administration do here is apply two very different sets of

00:38standards of justice.

00:39And unfortunately, a lot of peaceful protesters on January the 6th have had the law thrown

00:44at them.

00:45And that's a real travesty.

00:46That's all we've got time for, guys.

00:47That's all we've got time for.

00:48What does tonight do to the Senate now, in terms of, you know, your prospect of being

00:52a chief?

00:53That's an interesting question.

00:54You know, I haven't thought about that, Sahil, but I guess my instinct would be tonight helps

00:58Donald Trump.

00:59And because it helps Donald Trump, it probably helps Senate Republicans.

01:02There are a few seats where, well, the basic lay of the land is every single race, Senate

01:08Republicans are running behind Donald Trump.

01:10OK, some states it's three points, some states it's seven or eight points.

01:13But I think that what you see in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Montana, is Trump winning

01:19in a very big way is going to guarantee a lot of Senate Republican victories down ballot.

01:24Tonight helped Trump.

01:25I think it's going to help the Senate Republicans, too.

01:27All right.

01:28Thanks, guys.

01:29Have a good one.

01:30Thank you, Senator.

JD Vance Responds To Trump Calling For Jan. 6 Pardons: ‘A Lot Of These People Do Deserve Pardons’

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