For Immediate Release:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Contact:
Dan Kovats, Executive Director
dan@ildcca.org
GUETHLE: “LAW AND ORDER” PRESIDENT IS A HYPOCRITE
President Trump’s Pardon of Rioters, Criminals Stark Contrast to his Law-and-Order Posture
Springfield, IL – In response to President Trump’s pardon this week of over 1,500 criminals convicted at the January 6, 2021 riots in the U.S. Capitol, Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association President Mark Guethle released the following statement:
“President Trump is a hypocrite who preaches ‘law and order’ while simultaneously pardoning unpatriotic Americans who wilfully stormed and mobbed our capitol. Americans want our government to work together. They don’t want it to release criminals who attacked law enforcement officers and who attempted to overthrow our lawful elections.”
Recent polling shows only 20% of Americans support pardoning January 6 offenders. Polling from that same organization shows “73 percent of Republicans and 77 percent of Democrats agree their parties should prioritize making real changes even if it means compromising over sticking to their positions.”
“Americans should not ignore nor forget this decision by President Trump even as it is easy to lose track of his flurry of disrespectful and potentially illegal executive orders.”
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