‘I Don’t Ever Want To Hear About Law and Order From Your Side Again’: Democrat Torches Trump’s Pardons on House Floor

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) gave Republicans a dressing down on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 people in connection with the Capitol riot – including those who assaulted cops.

“So this is January 6th. These are the hostages,” Trump said while signing the pardons shortly after being inaugurated on Monday. “Approximately 1500 for a pardon. Full pardon.”

The move has put Republicans in an awkward position, considering they have long cast themselves as the party of law and order. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for example, responded by saying at a press conference, “We believe in redemption.” But in the same presser, Johnson also vowed to look into the pardons granted by former President Joe Biden.

Speaking on the House floor, McGovern blasted Johnson and the GOP.

“I feel compelled to focus on this majority’s screwed up priorities, which now include handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to KKK members, Proud Boys, and other criminals who violently beat cops within an inch of their lives on January 6, 2021,” McGovern said before noting that Trump had made the election about the rising cost of living and immigration.

“What the hell happened?” he asked rhetorically, adding:

These pardons are sick. They are offensive. They are un-American. And I don’t ever want to hear about law and order from your side again, Mr. Speaker, when your side is letting criminals back on the streets – criminals who beat cops and tried to overthrow our government. Fifteen hundred criminals including over 600 who were charged with violently assaulting police officers. And I’m here to talk about that on the floor because I think it’s disgusting. I think it’s a disgrace.

The congressman then recalled that infamous day in January 2021 when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.

“Mr. Speaker, how the hell do you guys walk into this place every day?” McGovern added. “How do you look the police officers in the eye? How do you do it, knowing the people who tried to kill them will walk free thanks to Donald Trump?”

Watch above via C-SPAN.