Rachel Maddow believes that President Donald Trump’s choice to pardon nearly every Jan. 6 rioter only emboldens his followers.
The MSNBC host explained in detail that Trump’s choice to pardon almost every rioter from the Capitol Hill riots in 2021 – regardless of whether they were violent toward police officers or not – is essentially the 47th president embracing political violence on his behalf.
“Trump pardoning and releasing from prison the January 6th defendants, including the paramilitaries, means he is effectively immunizing his followers from committing violence in his name,” Maddow said. “He’s making clear, you know, if you support me, the law doesn’t apply to you.”