'America's Sheriff' Grady Judd opposes Donald Trump on pardoned ‘J6 hostages’

One of the most well-known sheriffs in Florida is letting his officers know that he has their backs against people recently pardoned by President Donald Trump.

And furthermore, he thinks the President messed up by getting them released from lockdown.

“You’re not only Polk County’s deputies. You’re my deputies,” said Grady Judd in a video to officers.

“I disagree with that decision. I disagree with it very strongly,” Judd said in the video.

Judd also said he “sent a warning to any of those that were commuted or pardoned, that if they thought they could come to Polk County and resist arrest, that would be a bad mistake.”

“If we have to arrest them and they resist arrest, then we’ll use the force necessary and only the force necessary to take them into custody. And if that means beating your butt to get them to jail, we’ll do that. We have a different attitude here. You’re not only Polk County’s deputies, you’re my deputies,” Judd asserted.

Judd told media earlier this week that he understands “the 30,000 foot view of what the President did, but there’s a granular level where they were attacking our police officers who were just doing their job.”

Trump, in his executive order announcing the decision, offered a “full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

As the people who were pardoned start coming out of jail, it's really concerning to hear that some of them are sharing stories about human rights abuses they experienced while they were locked up.