As analysts speculate if any of the participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol may be in line for Presidential pardons once Donald Trump retakes office next week, one convicted Idaho resident says she would “refuse” a pardon if it were offered.
Trump has said he would issue those pardons on “Day 1” of his second stint in the White House, but Pamela Hemphill, the woman labeled the “MAGA Granny,” said she’s not interested.
Hemphill spent 60 days in jail as a result of her participation in the riot. She says Trump supporters have “bullied” her in the years since.
“I'm not going to be bullied by MAGA anymore, as those who went as far as calling my Probation Officer trying to get me in trouble backfired on them, thinking I would stop speaking out, just give me more confidence to continue! I will refuse a pardon from felon Trump!” she wrote in a post on the social media platform X.
Four years after the fateful day that landed her behind bars, Hemphill now says she was brainwashed by supporters of Donald Trump and called January 6, 2021, the “worst day in our history,” according to Newsweek.