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Dulcinea

(8,248 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:53 PM Jan 25

On pardons and January 6, Republicans torn between moving forward and looking back

Washington (CNN)— When reporters asked Mike Johnson to respond to President Donald Trump’s pardons for more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the House speaker had a ready answer.

“We’re not looking backwards. We’re looking forward,” he said Wednesday morning.

Barely three hours later, Johnson announced the creation of a new select subcommittee to continue the GOP’s probe into January 6, because “there is more work to be done.” He also said Republicans would investigate pardons handed out by President Joe Biden on his way out the door.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/pardons-jan-6-trump-republicans/index.html

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On pardons and January 6, Republicans torn between moving forward and looking back (Original Post) Dulcinea Jan 25 OP

They're going for introspection which is the ideal direction of sight during rectal cranial insertion nt Xipe Totec Jan 25 #1

Investigate pardons? To what end? Raven123 Jan 25 #2

Xipe Totec

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1. They're going for introspection which is the ideal direction of sight during rectal cranial insertion nt

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:59 PM

Jan 25

Raven123

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2. Investigate pardons? To what end?

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Sat Jan 25, 2025, 08:09 PM

Jan 25

Are they worried Biden will run in 2028?

I think it’s a clear statement they have no policy plans.

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