{"id":2393839,"date":"2025-01-22T14:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-more-than-the-insurrection\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:11:40","slug":"trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-more-than-the-insurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-more-than-the-insurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s J6 Pardons Are About More Than The &#8216;Insurrection&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-j6-pardons-are-about-more-than-the-insurrection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Trump&#8217;s recent\u2063 pardons of individuals involved in the January 6th \u200cCapitol riot, which has drawn criticism from various editorial boards, including the Wall Street Journal. The editorial\u2062 asserts that these \u200bpardons send a \u200dproblematic message concerning political violence adn tarnish\u2062 Trump&#8217;s legacy. The article emphasizes that discussions surrounding January 6 must\u2064 also consider \u2062the broader context of\u2064 political\u200b events since Trump&#8217;s election in 2016,\u2063 characterizing the subsequent years as tumultuous for\u2064 his\u200d supporters.\u2063 It highlights the challenges faced by \u200dtrump and his \u2064base, including\u200b perceived injustices and \u200dmedia bias, while critiquing the media&#8217;s portrayal of \u200devents leading up to the pardons. The author \u2064argues that\u200b the pardons reflect a\u200d culmination of frustrations endured \u2062by \u2062Trump supporters amid what they see as continuous\u2062 attacks on their political beliefs and identity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/clecameraguy\/50827285187\/in\/photolist-2krr86e-5eEwtm-4GpyCz-5eAfhT-2jqCu6w-2ohHiJC-2kr4teo-XFNyfG-5eEwtw-2juHUwi-2kqJD4X-2mw1qSy-2mamaQg-2js8qxs-qHqscv-2ktwG3y-2ozDh2M-2kq4T8o-2ju9QyP-5eEp5U-2kqJBv6-4TrPRn-2n4vDpG-2kq4Tjk-5eEwtE-2kqK7U7-4Tvhhw-4GnZoc-2kpXsDJ-2kqK7pj-2nzW9wT-4TvhhQ-2nNMqrb-2g8BQXa-4GyqE9-2nzLx99-2ngUVWN-4GnwEe-jeNwbU-2kqBr5W-2nrkpwZ-4TvhhL-2kqEQHU-2g8BR85-2g8C3XG-2kpZehG-2kqK7DT-2kfNb58-4Gspu9-2kqioVP\">Bill Bryan \/ Flickr <\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC By 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/if-you-think-trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-the-insurrection-youre-missing-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=If%20You%20Think%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20J6%20Pardons%20Are%20About%20The%20%E2%80%98Insurrection,%E2%80%99%20You%E2%80%99re%20Missing%20The%20Point&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/if-you-think-trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-the-insurrection-youre-missing-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=If%20You%20Think%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20J6%20Pardons%20Are%20About%20The%20%E2%80%98Insurrection,%E2%80%99%20You%E2%80%99re%20Missing%20The%20Point&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/if-you-think-trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-the-insurrection-youre-missing-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/if-you-think-trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-the-insurrection-youre-missing-the-point\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=If%20You%20Think%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20J6%20Pardons%20Are%20About%20The%20%E2%80%98Insurrection,%E2%80%99%20You%E2%80%99re%20Missing%20The%20Point&amp;body=A%20pardon%20only%20ends%20what%20they%20%E2%80%94%C2%A0and%20by%20political%20affiliation,%20us%20%E2%80%94%C2%A0have%20been%20put%20through%20for%20almost%20a%20decade.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/if-you-think-trumps-j6-pardons-are-about-the-insurrection-youre-missing-the-point\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>As is often the case, the Wall Street Journal editorial board is straying from its lane to admonish Republicans and Trump supporters in a way that demonstrates the paper&rsquo;s impressive capacity for shallowness.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/donald-trump-pardons-jan-6-capitol-rioters-police-gop-258a4a6e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on Tuesday<\/a> joined the New York Times and the Washington Post in running editorials attacking President Trump for his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/trump-grants-sweeping-clemency-for-jan-6-political-prisoners-after-biden-pardons-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sweeping pardons<\/a> of Jan. 6 defendants and convicts. The paper called the pardons &ldquo;a rotten message from a President about political violence done on his behalf&rdquo; and decried them as a &ldquo;stain&rdquo; on his legacy. That&rsquo;s more or less exactly what the Times and the Post said, but it&rsquo;s useful to see that even an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">influential publication tangentially aligned<\/a> with the political right can be so lacking in originality and acuity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-360190862\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>True, the pardons are specific to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, which included violent rioting, trespassing, and obstruction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-officials-serving-in-the-white-house-is-a-classic-definition-of-a-conflict-of-interest-2-top-republicans-say\/\" title=\"Union Officials Serving In The White House Is A \u2018Classic Definition Of A Conflict Of Interest,\u2019 2 Top Republicans Say\">official government business<\/a>. But just as that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-olympic-american-diver-gets-0-0-score-after-nightmare-accident\/\" title=\"Brutal: Olympic American Diver Gets 0.0 Score After Nightmare Accident\">day didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t happen in a vacuum, the pardons aren&rsquo;t exclusively related to the conduct of the people receiving them.<\/p>\n<p>Any discussion about Jan. 6, 2021, has to start with Nov. 8, 2016. Trump was elected, and the following four years were absolute hell for the people who supported him. The &ldquo;Resistance&rdquo; &mdash; including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">national news media<\/a>, the intelligence community, and the federal bureaucracy &mdash; worked day in and day out to thwart the agenda Trump was elected to enact. They manufactured fake scandals (<a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/russiagate-redux-grassley-calls-out-fbi-for-leaking-false-narratives-to-obstruct-biden-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russiagate<\/a>), gaslit the public (the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/08\/08\/tucker-carlson-isnt-wrong-about-white-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">white supremacy hoax<\/a>), and lied about virtually everything.<\/p>\n<p>Then we entered 2020, the year Americans were told they couldn&rsquo;t work, couldn&rsquo;t visit loved ones, and couldn&rsquo;t host funerals for the departed. No church, no school, no weddings, no birthdays. No proms or graduation ceremonies. This was for a virus that passed through close to 100 percent of the infected causing only mild illness. Mandate violators were accused of spreading death &mdash; but only if they were Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day of that year really got the party going with the death of George Floyd, a delinquent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/08\/26\/new-documents-show-george-floyd-had-fatal-level-of-fentanyl-in-his-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drug addict<\/a> who had an unhealthy heart. But because he happened to be under arrest by a white police officer at the time he died, and the election was getting closer, Democrats and the media turned the unfortunate episode into <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/19\/if-what-kanye-west-said-about-george-floyd-is-crazy-wrong-the-corrupt-media-wouldnt-have-to-lie-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">months of violent race rioting<\/a> and yet more harassment and defamation of white people &mdash; but only if they were Republicans. Property was destroyed and people were killed. Democrats and the media pinned the blame on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/03\/prosecutors-in-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-are-telling-jurors-a-story-refuted-by-video-evidence-and-eye-witness-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 17-year-old<\/a> who was attempting to flee a bloodthirsty mob. They tried to put him in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Beaten, bruised, and crumbling as a nation, we ultimately made it to Election Day. Early results indicated a Trump sweep, but then the lights went out. When the sun rose, Joe Biden was winning. It wouldn&rsquo;t be until another <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three days later<\/a> that every major news organization had called the race.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s when the media like to begin their historical records of Jan. 6, because it allows them to bypass all of the abuse and horror inflicted on the country &mdash; Trump supporters in particular &mdash; the preceding four years. Yeah, the president and his supporters were angry, so much so that they finally engaged in a little fiery but mostly peaceful rioting of their own.<\/p>\n<p>And for that conduct, hundreds of them have spent tens of thousands of dollars, lost their livelihoods, and sat in jail for months. A pardon gets them none of that back. It only ends what they &mdash;&nbsp;and by political affiliation, us &mdash;&nbsp;have been put through for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ve earned it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" 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