Pardons, protests, and Pence It’s a day ending in “y,” so of course former President Donald Trump is complaining that he really did win the 2020 election and the only reason he isn’t still president because all these awful mean people stole it from him. He had another one of his airings of grievances he calls rallies this weekend in Texas and promised that if he runs for president again in 2024 and wins, "we will treat those people from January 6th fairly. We will treat them fairly.” As the crowd cheered, Trump continued: “And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.” Trump also called for protests in the cities where he's being investigated for various things. "Seems to me it’s January 5th all over again," said CNN's Brian Stelter in reaction. Fulton County DA Fani Willis has reportedly asked the FBI for security help after Trump's call for protests. On Sunday, Trump issued the latest "Statement from Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States," this time complaining about Vice President Mike Pence refusing to help steal the election back for him and criticizing recent efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887. "Actually, what they are saying," said Trump about those who supported amending the law, "is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away. Unfortunately, he didn’t exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!" Trump's latest comments seemed to shock even his harshest critics. Both Republican members of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY), dropped scathing remarks on Twitter. "The Twelfth Amendment and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 already make it entirely clear that the Vice President merely opens the envelopes," tweeted George Conway. "But sometimes we want to make laws even clearer so that even semiliterate psychopaths have a chance at understanding them." Conway also went on CNN's New Day on Monday and slammed Trump for his "incriminating comments" about issuing pardons. The idea of pardoning Jan. 6 rioters was so extreme, it was even rejected by a whole slate of Republicans in their Sunday news show appearances. Congrats to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on their conference victories Sunday in what proved to be yet another exciting weekend of football. There were some snafus with both the pregame and halftime shows, however. The two triumphant underdogs will battle it out at Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13. Stay tuned to Mediaite for all our coverage leading up to and during the big game. In Other News... Kamala Harris Drove Within Yards of DNC Pipe Bomb On January 6: Report The Top Six Craziest Moments From Stormy Daniels’ Testimony in Michael Avenatti’s Criminal Trial DeSantis Spokesperson Defends Governor For Not Condemning Group of Nazis: ‘Do We Even Know They’re Nazis?’ WATCH: Boston Reporter Casually Asks Passersby to Weigh in on Tom Brady Retirement ... In the Middle of a Blizzard 6.5.0 |