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Playingmantis

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Sun Jun 15, 2025, 09:03 PM Jun 2025

Mike Johnson says there's a "clear distinction" between Jan. 6 and LA riots [View all]

CNN's Manu Raju asked Johnson whether he thinks it's "hypocritical" for Trump to condemn the anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles for clashing with law enforcement when Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of everyone charged in the deadly Capitol riot, many of whom were convicted of beating or impeding law enforcement.

"Everybody wants me to relitigate January 6, I'm not going to do that," Johnson said. "There's a very clear distinction between the two. People who broke the law and destroyed property [on January 6] were met with the proper consequences on that."
He added that the government has to be "consistent" on that issue in Los Angeles, before turning to walk away

.Senate Majority Leader John Thune was also asked about Trump's "inconsistency" on the anti-ICE demonstrations and January 6 siege.
"Do you see any inconsistency when the president criticizes or condemns the violent Los Angeles protesters but then pardons the violent January 6 protesters?" a reporter asked the South Dakota Republican.

Thune dodged the question, saying, "I think the issue that's in front of us right now is the chaos in L.A."
"And clearly the local officials there, for whatever reason, didn't seem up to the task of getting the job done there," he added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mike-johnson-says-there-s-a-clear-distinction-between-jan-6-and-la-riots/ar-AA1GsOpA?ocid=BingHp01&cvid=cfdeb53d316b41abdf294c0deb17ad73&ei=17


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