Rachel Maddow is hoping that shame and embarrassment within the Republican party may “save the country.”
On Monday, Donald Trump’s first full day back in office, the president issued pardons to about 1,500 people and also commuted the sentences of 14 of his supporters who were charged in connection to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. These included charged people who are associated with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Specifically, Trump issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on Jan.