Bernie Urges Biden to Consider Preemptive Pardons for Jan. 6 Committee

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Throughout the 2024 campaign, Trump has also repeatedly promised to pardon Capitol rioters as one of his first moves in office.
48% : In an interview with Time magazine published last week, Trump said he would start reviewing their individual sentences "in the first hour that I get into office," later amending that to "maybe the first nine minutes.
38% : When asked if he thinks the members of the Jan. 6 committee should be jailed, Graham gave a firm "no" response.Sanders, one of the most progressive senators in office, has seemingly softened his tone towards the incoming administration in recent days -- even offering rare praise for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the two billionaires charged by Trump with leading a "Department of Government Efficiency," for promising to make defense spending more efficient.
30% : Trump previously said he would "consider" raising the $7.25 minimum, which has not seen an increase since 2009.
27% : "You know, when Trump talks about sending to jail people who were on that Jan. 6 Committee, that sounds like being a tin-pot dictator," Sanders told host Kristin Welker.
23% : Trump quickly added that he would not direct his attorney general or FBI director to investigate committee members.

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