Kristen Welker: “You're already seeing some Republicans come out and say, did…”

“Do you think there will be any pushback on this, or do you think that in this era, everyone will just sort of get in line? No, I think there has been some pushback. You're already seeing some Republicans come out and say, did we really need to pardon everyone, including the people who pleaded guilty to violent crimes? His own Vice President, J.D. vance said basically that he didn't think that people who were convicted of violent crimes would be pardoned.” (03:52–04:00)

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