Marie Jonatakis
Appearances
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
I think everything just came out. I was just holding it in for the last, how many years?
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
I mean, this started with January 6, four years ago, and... We were the scum of the earth. We were domestic terrorists. We were people that you were supposed to be afraid of. Every time Trump had anything with criminal charges or anything like that, like he really has been our hope for anything that would ever mean a pardon for us. And so a lot of us feel like it was one miracle after another.
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
Like, and people don't look to Trump, like they really, people in the movement on the chats when I'm on and stuff like that, don't look to him as like a savior. But I think a lot of the people, almost everyone has like a faith, like a faith in God, a faith in Jesus. And, uh, I do hear a lot of like, you know, for us, it's a miracle.
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
You know, I was never a fan of that. I guess he thought it was the quickest way, pull the Band-Aid off. I was more in favor of commutations and then let's look at everything because not only did people do bad things that day, but there were some charges that were absolutely wielded like a weapon against people.
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
And those things also need to be looked at because, you know, I don't want anyone to have to go through this. And that's my biggest concern.
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
Well, because now all charges are gone. Yeah. You know, and I'm a law and order gal, really. And so not all charges should be gone. People did really bad things that day.
Radio Atlantic
The Chaos of Blanket Pardons
Well, yeah, I never expected him not to have something. You know, like, I figured he'd be charged with something, you know, because it was so significant. But it was just so over the top to me, all of the charges. And that has always been my biggest issue.