A strong plurality of 49 percent agree with President-elect Trump that the 1,500 or so Americans charged with crimes around the January 6, 2021, mostly peaceful protest at the U.S. Capitol should be pardoned.
Only 46 percent disagree.
Rasmussen Reports, one of the most accurate pollsters of the 2024 presidential election, dug down a little further and then asked if Trump should offer a blanket pardon to all 1,500 or look at each case individually. Only 20 percent want everyone pardoned, while 67 percent said they would prefer the President-elect issue his pardons on a case-by-case basis.
Obviously, that is the most reasonable approach. No one who committed an act of violence or vandalism deserves a pardon. While I’m quite aware that plenty of violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters have gotten away scot-free, that doesn’t make those engaged in actual criminal behavior at the U.S. Capitol excusable.
But let’s face it, most of the people convicted did nothing wrong. The surveillance videos Democrats and the bogus and disgraced January 6 committee did not want released prove that. Most of those in legal jeopardy today were simply present on January 6. Others peacefully toured the U.S. Capitol when the doors were opened. […]
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