CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The newly-elected Republican Indiana Attorney General said his counterparts in other states should condemn violence that occurred across the country during Black Lives Matter protests, not just the rally-turned-riot at the Capitol.
Attorney General Todd Rokita has never shied away from supporting the President.
"Attorney General Todd Rokita will fight back to defend our president and his policies from a deep state. Todd will stop liberal state and federal politicians from overrunning out liberties and harming our economy."
After the riot, Rokita said he’ll always be for the president, so it should come as no surprise that he’s not backing down, refusing to join his counterparts from 46 other states - Republicans and Democrats - who signed a letter condemning the riot, calling it a "direct, physical challenge to the rule of law and our democratic republic itself," and pledging to "do our part to repair the damage done to institutions and build a more perfect union" by condemning lawless violence and "making clear that such actions will not be allowed to go unchecked."
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Rokita, a former congressman, wrote a letter himself saying he agrees with the condemnation of what he called the “outrageous violence," but also criticized the National Association of Attorneys General for not speaking up when "cities across our country burned" due to "lawlessness and anarchy which eventually erupted into violence."
"We must condemn violence in all forms with our loudest voices," Rokita said. "It does not matter what political protest is at the root of the violence."