Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) reportedly stated over the weekend that President Joe Biden, not former President Donald Trump, poses the biggest threat to democracy in the United States.
Scott made the comments about the disturbance at the US Capitol on January 6 during a Sunday ABC News interview with Jonathan Karl on “This Week.”
According to Scott, the rioters who attacked police officers ought to be held accountable for their deeds.
“The question is for those nonviolent folks who sat outside, who actually simply protested or came into the Capitol because the doors were open, and created no crime, no challenges, those folks today sitting crime in pretrial. That’s a devastation. Some of those have been in pretrial incarcerated for longer than the sentence attached to that crime.” Scott said.
Pressed by @JonKarl on whether he agrees with former Pres. Trump’s claims that Jan. 6 defendants are “warriors," GOP Sen. Tim Scott says, “Anyone who attacks an officer—whether on the Capitol grounds or any place else in the country—should serve time.” https://t.co/tAYu3tyq1l pic.twitter.com/y9mtzzkBT5
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 16, 2024
“The greatest threat to democracy today is Joe Biden. It started back when he became president. We saw a botched Afghanistan withdrawal where 13 Americans lost their lives. We’ve seen a wide-open, insecure, unsafe southern border with sleeper cells likely in our country, over 100,000 Chinese nationals crossing our southern border, men from Yemen, Iraq, and Afghanistan now populating our country. Part of the 10 million illegal immigrant invasion.” he continued.
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