"If you committed violence on that day [Jan. 6] obviously you shouldn't be pardoned. And there is a little bit of gray area there." -- JD Vance, eight days ago. Trump pardoned basically all of them tonight - ThreadSky

samsteindc.bsky.social • 33 days ago

"If you committed violence on that day [Jan. 6] obviously you shouldn't be pardoned. And there is a little bit of gray area there." -- JD Vance, eight days ago.

Trump pardoned basically all of them tonight

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shoey18.bsky.social•33 days ago

Wondering if he’s gonna stand by his words and resign in protest?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Not.

yenchick.bsky.social•33 days ago

Seems like the "team" is in disorder

zap35.bsky.social•33 days ago

🤬🤬🤬

ciociano1.bsky.social•33 days ago

And Vance will turn on a dime. A subcompact doesn’t have that tight a wheelbase.

deborah-s-bluesky.bsky.social•33 days ago

this orange toad and his flunkies have not made one damn plan to make this country better. he's endorsed one horrific scam and scheme after another, after another...

desertmage65.bsky.social•33 days ago

The Capitol police should just stop protecting Republican Congress people and senators. If you see someone coming at them with a knife or a gun, just turn the other way. Like they turned their backs on you.

brentbradshaw.bsky.social•33 days ago

oh, how will he ever reconcile his deeply held beliefs!

sunfolk.bsky.social•33 days ago

How long until they ask JD to go on a beer run while they hit on his wife?

camorris64.bsky.social•33 days ago

Next up: the guy who plowed his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, killing Heather Heyer. “He was just an unsure traveler who took a wrong turn, bad GPS map data probably.”

ctrltxquilting.bsky.social•33 days ago

And this should surprise no one. He was never going to look only at the non-violent ones. He loves them all.
Just like he isn’t going to deport only criminal immigrants- he will deport them all.
Let’s be clear- to Trump, white criminals= good, brown criminals = bad

matthewbest.bsky.social•33 days ago

He loves the violent ones *more*

ctrltxquilting.bsky.social•33 days ago

I know you are right. It’s really scary what may happen with his blessing over the next 4 years.

junebug1925.bsky.social•33 days ago

1. Media needs to run a chyron of digital count on lies from day 1 & online format.
Run digital billboards of lies too.
2. Media needs to quit praising their access to DJT , & how much more he says than Biden did.
3. Media needs to share headlines & stories coming dozens at a time.Headline 1 story

harryfabian.bsky.social•33 days ago

People like Vance who reassured the public that no violent criminals would be released reduced opposition to the pardons and smoothed the way for Trump to do this.

msdobalina.bsky.social•33 days ago

Brownshirts achievement unlocked.

This game sucks.

luckyblue24.bsky.social•33 days ago

Should have gone for the head of the snake first. What a waste of government resources and money over the past 4 years.

annabellelecter.bsky.social•33 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/atticus59914029.bsky.social/post/3lg7bsdcuz22c

smalaw.bsky.social•33 days ago

I really see a rift between them. Vance & MAGA Mike and those who've wrote the executive orders, Miller . . .
the play is on to not let unity look like divide BUT . . .

denismcdowell.bsky.social•33 days ago

“Executive orders sort of came about more recently. Nobody ever heard of an executive order. Then all of a sudden Obama – because he couldn’t get anybody to agree with him – he starts signing them like they’re butter. So I want to do away with executive orders for the most part.”

- Trump, 2016

i8cake.bsky.social•33 days ago

Though neither party has the guts to reform it, the pardon powers give the power holders unchecked and irreversible authority to behave like a monarch. At worst, it should be reformed, at best, should be abolished as it is an undemocratic tool.

zsuzsa58.bsky.social•33 days ago

Of course he did because he needs his guys on stand by just in case things don’t go his way. Obviously, they shouldn’t be pardoned but a man such as Trump shouldn’t be POTUS either, yet here we are. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.

cameron27.bsky.social•33 days ago

😭🤬😭

daffodillpickle.bsky.social•33 days ago

Well Vance is a minor functionary in the whole Trump ecosystem, so you can't really expect him to have accurate information.... /s

annvh.bsky.social•33 days ago

Sam ..there is no rule of law anymore. It is all hands on deck.

janepor00325520.bsky.social•32 days ago

jdv will auto-correct.

nanswak.bsky.social•33 days ago

I was surprised to see Vance made it into the Rotunda.

janethaz.bsky.social•33 days ago

A++

picci0909.bsky.social•33 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rowecartoon.bsky.social/post/3lga6fovmyk22

84rms.bsky.social•33 days ago

they say and do what they want, it is the American Taliban, control women's rights and kill anyone who does not follow them, it will not get better

didonna67.bsky.social•33 days ago

Why are we acting like they weren’t going to do this?

darthfos.bsky.social•33 days ago

I’d keep an eye out for Roger Stone to crawl out of his basement - they were all his buddies & I’m sure he’s itching to get the band back together.

tenneynaumer.bsky.social•32 days ago

I dunno - he sort of threw them under the bus just a tiny bit

brian-life-model.bsky.social•33 days ago

angrynavyveteran.bsky.social•33 days ago

There is no gray area there. If you were part of the Insurrectionist mob, violent or not, you're a f-ing insurrectionist and belong in jail. #IwillNotSubmit

toguy99.bsky.social•33 days ago

You are assuming that Vance’s words mean something. He is there nominally only because the constitution requires it. Trump is effectively President Musk’s VP.

janethaz.bsky.social•33 days ago

I guess JD is out of the loop.

usnthem.bsky.social•33 days ago

I was actually truly hoping when Vance said that, he meant it because they'd discussed it and Trump was willing to draw a line. Obviously, that hope was misplaced.

melanierestall1.bsky.social•33 days ago

Fascists do as fascists are.

i8cake.bsky.social•33 days ago

The Blue Lives Matter crowd is OK with cops getting bashed in the heads with flagpoles and all those perpetrators pleading guilty ultimately getting away with it. How disgusting

annabellelecter.bsky.social•33 days ago

I'm pretty over the Bulwark complaining about Biden at this point.

madamew.bsky.social•32 days ago

So much gray

dcweber.bsky.social•33 days ago

Dopey me. I thought the Rapist in Chief would do the honorable thing.

duckswithpants.bsky.social•33 days ago

This is “Last Days of the Republic” shit — nothing like having thugs who are willing to use violence that are beholden to you

righteoushazard.bsky.social•33 days ago

Reposting this everywhere I can:

https://bsky.app/profile/libradunn1.bsky.social/post/3lgb5gj756c26

markstatman.bsky.social•33 days ago

No one ever said Vance had inside info. He’s not in the billionaire club.

Trump has no respect for Vance. He’s a loser. And a mediocre writer.

txtbkenigma.bsky.social•33 days ago

I knew he was going to do this, but still - fuck Trump.

kdjs-1.bsky.social•33 days ago

Almost like they lied about everything… 👿

canadiangnome.bsky.social•33 days ago

He has his goon squad now.
They'll be fiercely loyal to him after this.

onedotbluedot.bsky.social•33 days ago

JD has been relegated to the kid’s table. He doesn’t really have anything to say that they (or us) want to listen to. The co-president has taken his place.