A small contingent of Republicans in Congress on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s pardons of greater than 1,500 folks charged for his or her actions in the course of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, together with rioters who violently attacked police.
“I just can’t agree,” Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, instructed reporters on Capitol Hill early Tuesday, including that he would suggest new laws to tighten penalties for violent actions towards regulation enforcement officers.
“I’m about to file two bills that will increase the penalties, up to and including the death penalty, for the murder of a police officer and increasing the penalties and creating federal crimes for assaulting a police officer,” Mr. Tillis instructed a crowd of reporters gathered exterior his workplace.
Members of Congress ran in worry of their lives from the Capitol 4 years in the past because it was besieged by a pro-Trump mob, and plenty of Republicans made robust statements within the fast aftermath of the assault that violent rioters have to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation. However on Tuesday, few spoke as much as object to Mr. Trump’s pardons, and plenty of Republican lawmakers mentioned it was time to maneuver on.
“We’re looking at the future, not the past,” Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the bulk chief, mentioned, calling the pardons “the president’s decision.”
