Sen. Lindsey Graham said it was 'inappropriate' for Trump to float pardons for January 6 rioters
insider@insider.com (John L. Dorman) - 1h ago
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During an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation," the South Carolina Republican and Trump ally diverged from the former president regarding his Saturday comments after moderator Margaret Brennan played a segment from the Saturday event in Conroe.
"If I run and I win, we will treat those people from January 6 fairly," Trump told supporters at the "Save America" rally. "And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly."
Graham expressed disagreement with the former president's statements when asked by Brennan.
"I don't want to send any signal that it was OK to defile the Capitol," the senator said. "There are other groups with causes that may want to go down the violent path if these people get pardoned."
He emphasized: "I think it's inappropriate. I don't want to reinforce that defiling the Capitol was OK. I don't want to do anything that would make this more likely in the future."