Vice President-elect JD Vance just provided the clearest explanation yet of the Trump administrationās plans to pardon Jan. 6 rioters, telling āFox News Sundayā that while thereās āa little bit of a gray area there,ā those who committed violence during the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack āobviouslyā shouldnāt be pardoned. Those who protested āpeacefully,ā however, can expect to have their records wiped clean.
āI think itās very simple,ā the former Ohio senator said. āIf you protested peacefully on Jan. 6 and youāve had Merrick Garlandās Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned. If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldnāt be pardoned.ā
Vanceās comments provide a stark contrast to what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying over the past few months, with the future POTUS providing little to no details about who would get the pardons heās been promising except declaring that protesters who assaulted Capitol police officers āhad no choiceā that day.
I disagree. While Vance has his own different and awful ideas he doesnāt have the same level of popularity to pull it off. Trumpās manner and weird charisma have constantly gotten his followers to accept his bizarre actionsā¦ while Vance might want to enact much more directly damaging policies his constant shit eating grin and elitism would cause him to rapidly lose support if Trump wasnāt there.
Vance is like 98% smarm and 2% bully.
Vance is backed by thiel. Thiel is bff with elon. Thereās a reason all the tech bros are falling in line.
And it doesnāt matter if trump has the popularity when all it takes is choking on one bite of a big mac to make Vance president.