Tom Cotton Calls J6 Insurrection 'Protest' That 'Got Out Of Hand'

Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton apparently wants to remain in Trump's good graces with this mealy-mouthed defense of Trump's statement that he'd "absolutely" consider pardoning every single one of the January 6th insurrectionists.

Here's more from NBC on the statement made by Trump in April:

Former President Donald Trump, who is currently facing felony criminal charges in connection with Jan. 6, said that, if elected, he'd "absolutely" consider pardoning every single one of the hundreds of criminals convicted in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

But Trump's campaign, in a statement to NBC News, said such pardons would be "on a case-by-case basis," not the sort of blanket pardon Trump referred to in a recent interview with Time magazine.

Trump told Time he was "absolutely" considering pardoning every single Capitol rioter, who he described as "J-6 patriots."

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