Ron DeSantis: “I issued a blanket pardon for everybody who had had the…”

“It perverts it into things that it was never intended to do. So when we blocked that, that took a huge burden off law enforcement. And then I issued a blanket pardon for everybody who had had the COVID offenses because I didn't believe that those were legitimate use of government power to begin with. In areas where they had the local police constantly harping on people. You know, in Kentucky, they didn't let people attend Easter services. They're out there with police blocking entrance to the church.” (14:08–14:18)

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