Discussion on January 6th Protests and Legal Standards

Uh, but you can't police people for being

anti-Israel or

pro-Israel. You can police people for violating the

law, and we have seen some of

that with some of these protests.

Okay. Uh, so you agree that, that people who break in and vandalize a

building should be prosecuted?

Exactly.

Okay. I'm just checking, because you did help raise money for

people who did so on

January 6th, which was, you know, impeding an official proceeding,

breaking into a building that they weren't allowed to be in,

and vandalizing the

Capitol.

Well, Kaitlan, I know that this is the obsession of the national media to

talk

about what happened two years ago, three years ago on January the 6th,

as opposed

to talking about the future-

It's not an obsession. I'm just seeing if it's a double standard.

No, let me, no, let me, let me answer the question, Kaitlan.

I mean, look, here, here's my, been my basic argument about January the

6th.

If you beat up a cop, of course you deserve to go to prison.

If you violated the law, uh, you should suffer the consequences.

But there are people who protested on January the 6th who have had the

complete weight of the Justice Department thrown at them, uh, when,

at worst, they're accused of misdemeanors.

Now, again, there are people who are a- accused of worse offenses, and that's a

problem. Uh, but you can't have Black Lives Matter

protesters who

rioted and vandalized goes free, when you have people who were

actually peacefully protesting on January the 6th who have the book thrown at them.

That's the double standard that I'm most worried about.

Yeah, I, I don't think there's an obsession with

January 6th, but, but it is a

legitimate question. And, and given what you just said there, a-

and as Trump is

getting closer to, you know, as he's a rep-

a presumptive Republican nominee, he

has said he would pardon, uh, it was considered a blanket pardon for

everyone on January 6th. Are you saying that, that

that shouldn't happen?

People who beat up cops should be excluded from that?

Well, I think what President Trump has said,

and of course he can speak for

himself, but I, I pay attention, pretty close attention, to what he says.

And, you know, I think what the president has said

is that people who have this

double standard applied to them should be pardoned.

And you-