An Insult

Accepting the pardon would be an insult to the Capitol Police officers, to the rule of law, to our nation.  The J6 criminals are trying to rewrite history by saying that it was not a riot, it wasn't an insurrection.  I don't want to be a part of their trying to rewrite what happened that day.

We are not victims, we were volunteers.  Nobody went up to them with a gun to their head and said, "You're going to go break a window.  You're going to go destroy property.  You're going to push an officer."  They had a choice.

I got my critical thinking back and started doing my own research, which I'm guilty of not doing back then because they gaslight you so much.  It's really weird when you come out of a cult.  It's like you look back and you go, what was I thinking?

-- 71-year-old Boise resident Pamela Hemphill, once nicknamed "the MAGA Granny", who already served her 60-day misdemeanor sentence, on rejecting the pardon offered her by President Trump, Idaho Statesman, "‘Trying to rewrite history’: Boise woman guilty in Capitol riot rejects Trump pardon" (22 January 2025)