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Michael Johnston: “He said he'd pardon 1600 January 6th protesters, including…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Published | Video Starts at 01:44

A lot of people don't take the president at his word when he says things and think that it's just filibuster or bluster or bluff. Our job is we have to take seriously him and his word. He said he'd pardon 1600 January 6th protesters, including those who helped kill a law enforcement officer. And he did that. And so we when you say you're going to deploy the US Military onto the streets of America to round up women and children, we should prepare for that to be true. (01:44–01:52)

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Asserts that [the president] stated he would pardon January 6th protesters.

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