Ronna McDaniel, former RNC chair and current advisor, said in an interview that while she agrees with Donald Trump on many policy issues like border security and the economy, she disagrees with his statement that as president he would free those charged or convicted for crimes related to the January 6th Capitol attack.
When asked directly if she supported such a move, McDaniel clearly stated that violence should not be tolerated in political discourse by either party, and those who attacked police officers or the Capitol that day should not be freed if convicted.
NBC’s Kristen Welker said, “Donald Trump says one of his first acts if he is re-elected to a second term would be, quote, to free those charged and convicted of crimes related to January 6th. Do you support that?”
McDaniel emphasized that the January 6th violence was unacceptable and does not represent the Republican party or country.
While condemning the attack, McDaniel expressed other areas of policy alignment with Trump.
McDaniel said, “I want to be very clear: the violence that happened on January 6 is unacceptable. It doesn’t represent our country. It certainly does not represent my party. We should not be attacking the Capitol. We should not be having violence. I said it that day. I put a statement out that day that this is not acceptable. If you attacked our Capitol and you have been convicted, then that should stay.”
Welker said, “So then to the question, though, do you disagree with Trump saying that he’ll free them?”
McDaniel said, “I do not think that people who committed violent acts on January 6th should be free.”
She added, “I don’t think violence should be in our political discourse, Republican or Democrat, and I disagree with that. I agree with him on a whole host of other things. Let’s close the border. Let’s make sure we have good incomes for people. Let’s make sure we do a lot of great things, but on that point, I don’t think we should be freeing people who violently attacked Capitol Hill police officers and attacked the Capitol.”
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