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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, President Donald Trump's first day in office 
3included no effort to address the cost of groceries, to create 
4economic security for working families, or to expand access to 
5healthcare but was instead focused on issuing blanket pardons 
6for his supporters who were tried and convicted for their role 
7in his January 6, 2021 insurrection; and
 
8    WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, a mob of President Trump 
9loyalists, summoned and ginned up by President Trump himself, 
10stormed the United States Capitol Building, attempting to stop 
11the peaceful transfer of power; and
 
12    WHEREAS, These violent Trump extremists injured 140 law 
13enforcement officers, attacking police with bats, poles, mace, 
14and stolen police shields and batons; four officers died as a 
15result; and
 
16    WHEREAS, More than 1,100 criminals were convicted for 
17their actions that day, with 1,030 admitting their own guilt; 
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, Immediately after swearing to uphold the 
20Constitution, President Trump gave his "full, complete, and 
21unconditional pardon" to 1,500 individuals who attacked the 
 
 
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1Constitution and the Rule of Law; and
 
2    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of 
3repeatedly assaulting police officers with pepper spray; and
 
4    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of 
5assaulting police officers with two cans of bear spray; and
 
6    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of using 
7a police riot shield to "crush" a Washington D.C. police 
8officer; and
 
9    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of using 
10a stun gun and "plunging it" multiple times into an officer's 
11neck; and
 
12    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of 
13choking an officer to the ground; and
 
14    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man convicted of 
15entering the United States Senate chamber equipped with zip 
16ties prosecutors said were to be used as makeshift hand cuffs; 
17and
 
18    WHEREAS, President Trump freed members of the Proud Boys 
19and Oath Keepers who were convicted of seditious conspiracy; 
 
 
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1and
 
2    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned a man who wrote on 
3social media that his actions assaulting officers on January 6 
4were "the opening of a war"; and
 
5    WHEREAS, President Trump pardoned criminals with prior 
6convictions for rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic 
7violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse 
8material, and drug trafficking; and
 
9    WHEREAS, While President Trump describes these violent 
10criminals as "patriots", they are anything but; therefore, be 
11it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we condemn President Donald Trump's inexcusable pardons of his 
15coconspirators and criminals convicted of attacking police 
16officers, attacking our Capitol, and attacking our democracy; 
17and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That as President Trump continues to grow his 
19big lie about the 2020 election, the January 6, 2021 
20insurrection, and his role in fomenting it, we affirm 
21historical facts that no presidential pardons can rewrite:
 
 
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1        (1) President Trump lost the 2020 Presidential 
2    Election;
3        (2) The President Trump supporters who stormed the 
4    Capitol on January 6, 2021 committed crimes and tried to 
5    stop the peaceful transfer of power; and
6        (3) President Trump's role in the January 6, 2021 
7    insurrection and his subsequent pardon of those involved 
8    will forever be his shameful legacy.