Podcaster Tim Poole has slammed left-wing political commentator Luke Beasley. latest episode The podcast “Timcast IRL” for completely condemning the January 6 protesters and preemptively criticizing their pardon by President-elect Donald Trump from a place of apparent ignorance of the details of the incident. received criticism.
Earlier in the episode, Poole and Beasley discussed the left's celebration of Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. When asked to comment on fellow leftists' apparent justifications for Thompson's murder, particularly recent statements from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Beasley tried to change the subject.
“She is not advocating for Biden to pardon Luigi.” former harris booster. “Do you know who pardons violent people? Did Trump say he was going to pardon violent people?” [Jan. 6 protesters]? ”
Mr. Beasley seemed hell-bent on equating efforts by the left to pardon targeted murder charges with President Trump's promised pardons for some of the assault cases. 1,500 people indicted And hundreds of people were sentenced in connection with the January 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol.
Blaze News previously reported that nearly 1,000 people have pleaded guilty to charges on Jan. 6, 68% of which were misdemeanors and 32% of which were felonies, according to the Department of Justice. Of those who pleaded guilty to a felony, 53% were for assaulting a law enforcement officer.
“How long should they be in prison?”
playing cards proposed In a Dec. 8 “Meet the Press” interview, those involved in the deadly BLM riots I suffered Although it cost the nation billions of dollars and largely escaped legally unscathed, the January 6 protesters were instead rounded up and “mistreated.”[ly]. ”
NBC News' Kristen Welker wonders whether he would also consider pardoning violent protesters, after President Trump indicated his intention to begin pardoning the January 6 protesters on the first day. asked the next president. President Trump hinted that some violent crime convictions were false, saying, “We're going to look at everything. We're going to look at each individual case.”
Mr. Poole seized on Mr. Beasley's insinuation that pardons, especially for the violent mob of January 6, were necessarily blameworthy, saying, “If someone attacks a police officer, how long should they be in prison?'' ?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” replied the leftist. “For a while…it depends on the nature of the attack.”
Poole noted that some of the January 6th protesters who President Trump could pardon had been rotting in prison for about three years, adding, “I don't know how long they've been in prison.'' Should it be included?'' he asked again.
Mr. Beasley suggested that each case needs to be considered individually, and Mr. Poole said the need for such individual consideration was a basis for avoiding a blanket condemnation of President Trump's pardon proposal. I concluded that it should be.
“You are taking a tribal position and people are suffering because of it.”
“No, because I think the prosecutors who bring these cases before juries and get convictions should be respected,” Beasley said. “I think the results should be respected.”
Before jurors drawn from areas where more than 90% of voters voted for Democratic candidates in the past two presidential elections, Beasley's stance on pardons led to blind trust in politically charged prosecutors. Mr. Poole became frustrated when it became clear that the problem had been compromised.
“When you have someone who is being held without trial for a misdemeanor, a pardon makes perfect sense unless they're a fascist,” Poole said. “You took an Otto von Bismarck approach: It's better for 10 innocent people to suffer than for one guilty person to escape.”
“You don't know anything about these January 6th events. You don't know. [know] Why are these people in prison? Poole continued. “And when Donald Trump says these people have been in custody for too long, you say, 'No.'” Trump is wrong. Keep them locked up. ”That’s a fucking sociopath, dude. You're sitting here knowing nothing about the details of some of these incidents. ”
Blaze News investigative reporter Joe Hanneman pointed out last week that Jarries and Mark Middleton, of Forestburg, Texas, were among those convicted of assault, resisting and obstructing a police officer. The couple, who have been married for 34 years and have no criminal record, claimed they were praying together when they were forced into a police line on January 6. suspect In X, when the police attacked her, her husband tried to protect her.
Poole grew increasingly angry as he began to reflect on the relative pass the left had been given.
“How many fucking people spent three years on May 29, 2020, when thousands of far leftists incendiary bombed the White House grounds, set St. John’s Church on fire, and injured 100 police officers? Would they have been in jail? Many of them who didn't show up that day have been in jail for 20 years,” Poole said. “I don't care what the facts are. I don't care if this is unjust. I just care that the machine state has decreed, 'You're going to be locked up now.'”
Midway through Poole's more than three-minute rant — during which Beasley sat in stunned silence — the host stated, “You don't know. You don't care. You take a tribal position. Now you're saying Donald Trump is saying the injustices we've seen deserve commutations.[n] Sorry, you said that meant you were encouraging violence. This is the ultimate problem. ”
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