Joe Scarborough Reads GOP Criticism Of J6 Over Footage Capitol Riot Footage While Reading Ranking Republicans Condemnation Of J6

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Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough played back footage of January 6 riot clashes with Capitol police in 2021 as he read aloud past quotes from ranking Republicans condemning the events.

The on-air rebuttal came after President Donald Trump granted full pardons to approximately 1,500 offenders involved just hours after the beginning of his second term in office.

During Tuesday’s show on MSNBC, the host, a former Republican congressman himself, heavily critiqued the move and during one segment of Morning Joe highlighted the past remarks by Republican lawmakers.

Now, let me read some Republican quotes while this video is going.

Kristi Noem: ‘We are all entitled to peacefully protest. Violence is not part of that. What is happening in the Capitol right now must stop.’

Ted Cruz in [2022]: ‘A violent terrorist attack on the Capitol, where we saw the men and women of law enforcement risk their lives to defend the men and women who serve in this capitol.’

Rick Scott: ‘Everyone has a right to peacefully protest. No one has a right to commit violence. What happened at the capitol is disgraceful and un-American. It is not what our country stands for.’

Tim Scott: ‘The violence occurring at the United States capitol is simply unacceptable. I fully condemn it.’

Marsha Blackburn: ‘These actions at the United States Capitol are truly despicable and unacceptable…’ – Marsha Blackburn – ‘while I am safe and sheltering in place these protests are prohibiting us from doing our constitutional duty. I condemn them in the strongest terms. We are a nation of laws.’

Tom Tillis said that calling people convicted of January 6th crimes hostages or political prisoners, quote: ‘That’s like calling drug traffickers unlicensed pharmacists. At the end of the day, they’re J6 convicts to me.’

Marco Rubio: ‘There is nothing patriotic about what occurred on Capitol Hill. This is third world style anti-American anarchy.’

Ron Desantis: ‘Violence or rioting of any kind is unnaceptbale and the perpetrators must face the full weight of the law.’

Tom Emmer, the majority whip of the House of Representatives: ‘Those responsible for the violence must continue to be held accountable…’

And it just goes on and on.

John Cornyn: ‘Somebody who’s been duly convicted of a federal crime, is not a hostage. I’m a big believer in our criminal justice system, and I believe that people are presumed to be innocent until they are proven guilty. But once they are, I accept that verdict and I accept that judgment.’

Senator Mike Rounds: ‘I view them as the same as the juries that convicted them. There was violence on that day. The people violated the law. There were people that tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power after the election. I do not agree with anybody that says they are political prisoners.’