"I don't know any of the details of this at all. I don't know who's been alleged to have been involved in this. I will say that anybody, anybody who threatens political violence against elected officials or anyone else should have the full weight and measure of the Department of Justice on their head. I trust that that will happen. I hope it will. We are intellectually consistent about that, obviously."
"The violence on the left is far more prevalent than the violence on the right. Don't make me go through the list. (January 6, 2021, the attack on Paul Pelosi, the murders of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, the wounding of Minnesota state senator John Hoffman and his wife, the Tree of Life murders in Pittsburgh, the El Paso Walmart shootings, and the gunman who targeted Black shoppers at a Buffalo supermarket.)"
Johnson said he did not know the details of blanket pardons for those convicted in the January 6 attack but insisted that anyone who threatens political violence should face the full weight of the Department of Justice. He stated trust that the DOJ would act and framed the response as an intellectual consistency. Johnson asserted that violence on the left is far more prevalent than on the right, listing January 6, the attack on Paul Pelosi, multiple murders and mass shootings as examples. He warned against making the issue partisan and suggested rhetoric at recent rallies can trigger deranged people.
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