Republican strategist Scott Jennings told a CNN panel on Monday that liberal commentators were unhappy about the pardons President Donald Trump granted to participants in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. said many Black Lives Matter rioters escaped punishment in 2020.
President Trump on Monday granted full pardons to more than 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol during the certification of electoral votes on January 6, 2021. Mr. Jennings reminded former Obama administration officials David Axelrod and Mr. Van Jones of their assertions: The January 6th rioters were inadequately punished and many of the Capitol rioters had their “lives ruined,” while the Lives Matter rioters, many of whom were black, went unpunished. . (Related: Scott Jennings ignores CNN panel on question about Merrick Garland)
“Here's what I think: Were these people punished? Yes. Were they financially ruined? Yes. Did they spend time in prison? Yes. Their lives were ruined. Has it happened? Absolutely,” Jennings said. “And one of you, Van or Ax, said that you think this sends a terrible signal that it's okay to do something like this. In recent American history. As if there wasn't a moment when people went on a rampage that they shouldn't have been punished for. That was in the summer of 2020.”
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“I think that's a little different than you,” Jones said, to which Jennings responded, “I think that's a little different than you.” “And those people were never prosecuted.”
The riots that followed the death of George Floyd in police custody in May 2020 left at least 24 people dead and caused nearly $1 billion in property damage.
“I have a different view in that I don't like people tearing down buildings. I'm not part of a lobby that supports riots and crime,” Jones said after his exchange with Jennings. spoke. “But I really don't like it when people attack police officers. I really don't like it at all. I'm the son of a police officer. My uncle is a police officer. I don't like it at all. Police officers. before receiving leniency if attacked. , before you get any support from this society, you need to apologize, but the police didn't apologize. And you and others let violent people go. I said there would be a problem.”
Then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy asked Tucker Carlson, co-founder of the Daily Caller and Daily Caller News Foundation and then-Fox News host, to provide access to more than 41,000 hours of video footage of the Capitol riot. provided access. reported. A video broadcast by Carlson showed Capitol Police officers escorting one of the protesters, Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” through the halls of the building. (Click here to watch the Daily Caller documentary “Lawlessness: Liberal Policy, American Blood”)
“Whatever these people did, whether it came in by accident or something much worse, Elliot, correct me if I'm wrong, most, if not all, I think it's important to note that people who were actually punished and served some prison term, but virtually all of them had their lives effectively ruined. That’s speculation,” Jennings said after further interaction with Jones.
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