What Next - Trump’s Gift to Militias
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Between Trump’s broad pardon for January 6 rioters and Facebook loosening restrictions on its platforms, it’s looking much easier for militia groups like the Oathkeepers and Proud Boys to recruit members, organize, and carry out violence.
Guest: Josh Kaplan, reporter for ProPublica.
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| 0:28.6 | Even before Donald Trump officially took back the White House, we all knew that this was coming. |
| 0:39.3 | So this is January 6th. |
| 0:42.3 | These are the hostages. |
| 0:44.3 | Approximately 1,500 for a pardon. |
| 0:48.3 | Yes. |
| 0:49.3 | Full pardon. |
| 0:50.3 | He made it part of his campaign. |
| 0:56.8 | He told voters that if they elected him, he'd pardon the people who stormed the Capitol |
| 1:01.4 | in 2020, trying to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election. |
| 1:05.3 | What they've done to these people is outrageous. |
| 1:09.0 | There's rarely been anything like it in history, in the history |
| 1:12.1 | of our country. |
| 1:13.6 | But even with that benefit of foresight, the news still came as a shock. |
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