Fmr. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Says She Doesn’t Support Freeing Those Charged and Convicted with Crimes Related to Jan. 6

WELKER: “Well, let’s talk about the election now. Donald Trump says one of his first acts, if he is reelected to a second term, would be ‘to free those charged and convicted of crimes related to January 6th.’ Do you support that?”
McDANIEL: “I want to be very clear: The violence that happened on January 6th is unacceptable. It doesn’t represent our country. It certainly does not represent my party. We should not be attacking the Capitol. We should not be having violence. I said it that day. I put a statement out that day that this is not acceptable. If you attacked our Capitol and you have been — and you’ve been convicted, then that should stay.”
WELKER: “So then — but to the question though, do you disagree with Trump saying he’s going to free those who’ve been charged and convicted?”
McDANIEL: “I do not think people who committed violent acts on January 6th should be freed.”
WELKER: “So you disagree with that. He’s been saying that for months, Ronna. Why not speak out earlier? Why just speak out about that now?”
McDANIEL: “When you’re the RNC chair, you — you kind of take one for the whole team, right? Now I get to be a little bit more myself, right? This is what I believe. I don’t think violence should be in our political discourse, Republican or Democrat. And I disagree with that. I agree with him on a whole host of other things. Let’s close the border. Let’s make sure we have good incomes for people. Let’s make sure we do a lot of great things. But on that point, I don’t think we should be freeing people who violently attacked Capitol Hill police officers and attacked the Capitol.”