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You can always count on some RINOs to come out of the woodwork, in an attempt to score points with the liberal media, and go against former President Donald Trump and those who agree with him.
On Sunday, more than one Republican, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, came out against Trump’s proposal to pardon some of the January 6 rioters if he is elected as president again in 2024, Yahoo News reported.
“I don’t want to send any signal that it was OK to defile the Capitol. There are other groups with causes that may want to go down to the violent path that these people get pardoned,” the senator said on the CBS News show “Face The Nation.”
“Yeah. Well, I think it’s inappropriate. I don’t want to reinforce that defiling the Capitol was OK. I don’t want to do anything that would make this more likely in the future.
“And just let me finish my thought here. When Kamala Harris and her associates and the people that work for her, her staffers, raised money to bail out the rioters who hit cops in the head and burned down stores.,” he said.
“I didn’t like that either. So I don’t want to do anything from raising bail to pardoning people who take the law into their own hands because it will make more violence more likely. I want to deter people who did what … on January the 6th. And those who did it, I hope they go to jail and get the book thrown at them because they deserve it,” the senator said.
Disgraceful, @LindseyGrahamSC.
Lindsey Graham On President Trump Promising To Pardon January 6th Political Prisoners: “I think it’s inappropriate.” pic.twitter.com/J2EftWkLXX
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) January 30, 2022
It came a day after the former president made his pledge at the Save America Rally in Conroe, Texas.
“If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly,” he said. “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. Because they are being treated so unfairly.”
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins, who said it was “very unlikely” that she would support Trump if he campaigns for president in 2024, also spoke against the former president’s pledge on the ABC program “This Week.”
“I do not think that President Trump should have made that pledge. … We should let the judicial process proceed,” she said.
And New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu took a stand against Trump’s pledge during his appearance on the CNN Sunday show “State of the Union.”
“Of course not. Oh, my goodness, no,” he said when asked about what the former president said.
“Look, the folks that were part of the riots and, frankly, the assault on the U.S. Capitol have to be held accountable,” he said. “Everybody needs to be held fairly accountable … That’s part of leadership.”
But Sen. Graham took the extra step of getting his RINO cred when he hinted that he would vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee if it is South Carolina Federal District Judge Michelle Childs.
“I can’t think of a better person for President Biden to consider for the Supreme Court than Michelle Childs. She has wide support in our state. She’s considered to be a fair minded, highly gifted jurist. She’s one of the most decent people I’ve ever met. It would be good for the court to have somebody who’s not at Harvard or Yale. She’s a graduate of the University of South Carolina, a public education background. She’s been a workers comp judge. She’s highly qualified. She’s a good character. And we’ll see how she does if she’s nominated. But I cannot say anything bad about Michelle Childs. She is an awesome person,” he said.
Lindsey Graham backs Biden’s pledge to automatically pick a black woman, says it will “make the court look more like America” pic.twitter.com/odpdXKoves
— Jewish Patriot (@MAGAJew2) January 30, 2022
Host Margaret Brennan asked the senator if that meant he would be a “yes” vote if she is the nominee.
“If she’s nominated, she will not be treated like Judge Kavanaugh, I promise you, by Republicans. Let’s see how she does at the hearing. But I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I’m a big admirer of Judge Charles. And I’d like to see the court have- a have a lot more balance, some common sense on it. Everybody doesn’t have to be from Harvard, Yale– It’s okay to go to a public university and get your law degree,” he said.
