The words in the title may not have come from President Donald Trump’s lips. But they clearly flowed from his Sharpie when he pardoned nearly 1,600 criminal defendants who took part in the riots on Jan. 6, 2021.
The day after the assault on the Capitol that embarrassed our nation, Trump said that those who engaged in “acts of violence…do not represent our country” and “will pay.”
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