Vance Says Violent Jan. 6 Protesters Shouldn’t Be Pardoned
Demonstrators attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Vice President-elect JD Vance tempered his boss’s promise to pardon all the protesters involved in the US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, saying those who behaved violently should “obviously” not receive pardons.
President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed during his campaign that on his first day in office he would pardon the protesters who stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 election, which President Joe Biden won.