The Specter of Jan. 6 Hangs Over Us. Pardons Would Whitewash Those Crimes.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "It's going to start in the first hour," Trump told TIME for their Person of the Year cover story.
52% : By pardoning people who supported him rather than the Constitution, Trump would be sending a message to people he is counting on to support him this go-round: If they protect him, he will take care of them.
45% : On the 2024 campaign trail, Trump described these insurrectionists as "great, great patriots" and "political prisoners," conveniently ignoring that they were charged and prosecuted in the criminal justice system, indicted by grand juries, and convicted by judges and juries of federal crimes.
44% : By pardoning those whom he summoned to the Capitol, Trump makes clear that violence and violation of the law can be forgiven if it's in service to him.
28% : "Even worse would be if Trump pardons members of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, two far-right anti-government militias, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the insurrection.
25% : "Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" if he'd pardon even those who pleaded guilty, Trump replied, "I'm going to look at everything," calling our judicial system "very corrupt.
23% : While he was handcuffed at his sentencing last month, rioter Philip Sean Grillo taunted the court, shouting, "Trump's gonna pardon me anyways.
15% : Four years ago today, supporters of Donald Trump overran the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

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