‘Why Did They Get a Pardon?’ Hannity Questions Trump on Rioters Who ‘Were Violent With Police’
Fox News host Sean Hannity asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday why he pardoned people who “were violent with police” during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots.
“So you did run on a platform, you were very straightforward. You said you would pardon these people that were sentenced for January 6th. You did,” noted Hannity during an interview with Trump. “The only criticism or pushback I’ve seen is about people that were convicted or involved in incidents where they were violent with police. Why did they get a pardon?”
Trump replied:
A number of reasons. Number one, they were in there for three-and-a-half years, a long time, and many in solitary confinement, treated like nobody’s ever been treated. Treated so badly. They were treated like the worst criminals in history, and you know what they were there for? They were protesting the vote because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote, and they should be allowed to protest the vote. You should be allowed to.
Hannity interrupted, “But shouldn’t be able to invade the Capitol.”
Trump continued, “Most of the people were absolutely innocent. Okay, but forgetting all about that, these people have served horribly, a long time. It would be very, very cumbersome to go and look– You know how many people we’re talking about? 1,500 people.”
He argued:
The other thing is this. Some of those people with the police, true, but they were very minor incidents, okay? You know, they get built up by that couple of fake guys that are on CNN all the time. They were very minor incidents and it was time. You have murderers in Philadelphia, you have murderers in Los Angeles that don’t even get any time. They don’t even collect them and they know they’re there to be collected, and then they go on television and act holier than thou about this one or that one. You had 1,500 people that suffered. That’s a lot of people. Do you know, they were looking for new people two weeks ago? They were looking to charge new people. They have a woman who is 76 years old that they said had made a statement that was a little bit out of line, years after the fact.
Trump concluded, “This was a political hoax, and you know what? Those people, and I’m not saying in every single case, but there was a lot of patriotism with those people. A lot of patriotism.”
Hannity then quickly moved the topic onto former President Joe Biden.
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