{"id":2393872,"date":"2025-01-22T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pardon-recipient-jamie-raskin-puts-forward-truly-unhinged-conspiracy-theory-about-trumps-jan-6-pardons\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:55:09","slug":"biden-pardon-recipient-jamie-raskin-puts-forward-truly-unhinged-conspiracy-theory-about-trumps-jan-6-pardons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pardon-recipient-jamie-raskin-puts-forward-truly-unhinged-conspiracy-theory-about-trumps-jan-6-pardons\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pardon Recipient Jamie Raskin Puts Forward Truly Unhinged Conspiracy Theory About Trump&#8217;s Jan. 6 Pardons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fbiden-pardon-recipient-jamie-raskin-puts-forward-truly-unhinged-conspiracy-theory-about-trumps-jan-6-pardons%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=2393872&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 text discusses the political climate surrounding President Donald Trump, focusing on the \u200creactions of establishment politicians to his popularity. It highlights \u200can incident\u2064 involving Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin,who,during a CNN segment,expressed concerns over the release of \u2063individuals associated with\u2062 the January 6 Capitol incursion,suggesting\u200d they might\u200d be mobilized\u2064 as &#8220;political \u200dfoot soldiers&#8221; for Trump and his supporters. The comments are portrayed as irresponsible and indicative of the frustration and fear Trump\u2019s popularity instills in some politicians, leading them to\u2064 indulge in violent and authoritarian rhetoric. The summary critiques the serious tone of Raskin\u2019s remarks, implying they reflect a broader tendency among establishment \u200dfigures to fantasize about violence\u2063 as a response to Trump\u2019s influence. The text\u200b also positions\u200c Raskin\u2019s comments within a context of perceived delusion and hyperbole,criticizing establishment politicians for their claims and actions related to Trump and \u2064the electoral \u200bprocess. \u200bUltimately, it\u2063 frames the discourse around\u2063 Trump and his supporters as deeply polarized, \u2062with entrenched narratives on \u2064both sides.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s enormous popularity has broken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-throws-a-fit-live-on-cnn-over-trump-coverage-why-would-you-even-cover-that\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Throws a Fit Live on CNN Over Trump Coverage: &#039;Why Would You Even Cover That?&#039;\">establishment politicians&#038;rsquo<\/a>; brains.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, that same popularity has revealed that those politicians, mentally addled by their hatred of Trump, indulge in violent fantasies.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example occurred Tuesday on CNN, when Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a member of the House of Representatives&rsquo; corrupt Jan. 6 committee who received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-pardons-fauci-milley-effort-guard-potential-revenge-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preemptive pardon<\/a> from now-former President Joe Biden on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">spent 99 excruciating seconds spinning<\/a> a familiar web of lies about the Capitol incursion of Jan. 6, 2021, then concluded by advancing a conspiracy theory so unhinged that only diabolical malice or extreme stupidity could explain it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The question is why are they being released?&rdquo; Raskin said of the more than 1,500 Americans persecuted and incarcerated by Biden&rsquo;s Department of Justice in connection with the Capitol incursion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adam-schiff-nancy-pelosi-melt-trumps-jan-6-pardons-terrible-way-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> pardoned those victims on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Raskin then answered his own question by engaging in unfathomably irresponsible, yet very revealing, speculation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Are they being released as a reserve army of political foot soldiers to act on behalf of MAGA and Donald Trump?&rdquo; Raskin asked.<\/p>\n<p>The following clip, posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, showed Raskin&rsquo;s full comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Newly-pardoned Jamie Raskin melts down over J6 pardons &mdash; after a slew of lies, rants that freed J6&rsquo;ers are violent threats:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Reserve army of political foot soldiers to act on behalf of MAGA and Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Raskin, he and J6 committee members received&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D2Vy8k0NVi\">pic.twitter.com\/D2Vy8k0NVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1882063399577657596?\">January 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, establishment politicians&rsquo; totalitarian tendencies have manifested in recent years, no doubt triggered by fear and loathing of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a shocking-but-not-altogether-surprising number of those politicians have indulged in fantasies of violence against American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, for instance, now-former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kamala-harris-casually-calls-australian-style-national-gun-confiscation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> casually endorsed Australian-style gun confiscation.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, too, that in his 2024 State of the Union address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-declaration-war-4-takeaways-state-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> hilariously depicted himself as a crusader for democracy. That crusade, he explained, had both foreign and domestic components.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he compared the alleged fight for &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; in Ukraine to the fight against Trump&rsquo;s MAGA at home. No president has ever said anything more irresponsible or tyrannical.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Raskin himself has a history of similar statements.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s gonna be up to us on Jan. 6, 2025, to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he&rsquo;s disqualified. And then we need bodyguards for everybody,&rdquo; the congressman said in a clip posted to X in August.<\/p>\n<p>Raskin, of course, referred to establishment politicians&rsquo; false assertion that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-maine-disqualifies-trump-2024-ballot-citing-14th-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fourteenth Amendment<\/a> bars Trump from office. The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-rules-trump-colo-ballot-case-dems-next-move-disqualify-might-take-place-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejected<\/a> that assertion, as did voters.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Raskin casually predicted &ldquo;civil-war conditions&rdquo; once Congress disqualified Trump following an electoral victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jamie Raskin is saying that congress will STOP Trump from taking office even if he&rsquo;s chosen by the voters.<\/p>\n<p>This is extremely dangerous. Every Democrat needs to be on the record about this immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9IwRoGrrQu\">pic.twitter.com\/9IwRoGrrQu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1820544999584666038?\">August 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the whole, it seems that Raskin&rsquo;s fantasies of violence stem largely from his silliness and stupidity.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Trump now possesses the constitutional authority of a commander in chief. He controls the entire U.S. military. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/demographics-us-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/a>, the current U.S. military includes approximately 1.3 million active-duty personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Raskin went on the news &mdash; or at least on CNN &mdash; and suggested with a straight face that the president might have envisioned using Biden&rsquo;s incarcerated victims to build a 1,500-person militia.<\/p>\n<p>That should make the Maryland congressman an object of scorn and mockery forever.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-urged-continue-pardon-spree-21-peaceful-pro-life-advocates-persecuted-biden-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> won the election, and Raskin&rsquo;s establishment colleagues did nothing about it on Jan. 6. Raskin rates, therefore, as nothing more than a pathetic, unhinged, hyperbolic windbag.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This same popularity has exposed their irrational hatred of Trump, leading them to entertain violent fantasies. A recent instance of this occurred on CNN when Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin from Maryland, a member of the controversial Jan. 6 committee and a recipient of a preemptive pardon from former President Joe Biden, spent nearly two minutes weaving falsehoods about the Capitol events on January 6, 2021. He concluded with an outrageous conspiracy theory that could only stem from either malicious intent or extreme ignorance: questioning whether those released from incarceration were being used as &#8220;political foot soldiers&#8221; for Trump and MAGA supporters. Raskin&#8217;s comments have highlighted the troubling trend among some politicians to fantasize about violence against American citizens, fueled by their fear and disdain for Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2393873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jamie-Raskin.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,32892,3634],"class_list":["post-2393872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-jamie-raskin","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jamie-Raskin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393877,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393872\/revisions\/2393877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}