Democratic Gov. Says He's 'Considering' Clemency for Pro-Trump Official Convicted of Election Breach
Source: MEDIAite
Jan 9th, 2026, 6:16 pm
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said that in his last stretch in office he is considering clemency for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who was jailed over an unauthorized breach of voting systems when seeking to validate President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Peters, 70, was convicted last year on state charges after participating in the 2021 breach and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Pueblo women’s prison.
In an interview with CBS Colorado on Thursday, Polis told journalists he was weighing clemency and described the prison sentence handed to Peters as “harsh” and implied he was reviewing her case alongside others involving elderly inmates.
“She got a sentence that was harsh. It was a nine-year sentence,” Polis said. “We always look at people’s sentences, and when you have people that are elderly, and we’re looking at this across a number of people – people in their 70s and 80s in our system – how much of a threat to society are they? And we balance that in a way that makes sure that they can spend their last few years at home.”
The campaign for Peters’ release has been championed consistently at the highest level by President Donald Trump, who, in December, branded Polis a “SLEAZEBAG” for refusing to free her. Trump argued Peters was an “elderly woman” and “cancer survivor” persecuted by Democrats – her age now a factor that Polis has hitched his considerations to.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/democratic-gov-says-hes-considering-clemency-for-pro-trump-official-convicted-of-election-breach/
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wolfie001
(7,109 posts)Surrendering to tRUMP now just looks like weakness and spinelessness. As far as potential threats go, the tRUMP admin. is killing people at home and abroad and making deals with our enemies at home and abroad. 
popsdenver
(1,571 posts)I have been telling everyone here in Colorado for 7+ years that Polis was a pro-corporate DINO.
Like Trump, Polis had a Uber Rich family, best schools, a ton of money, to buy/develop a business, etc etc
He has overwhelmingly shown that 24/7 since his lame duck period started........
With this move, he is either trying to get chummy with the Repubs/Trump, OR if he runs for another office, get voters from sides..
There will be a lot of heads exploding if he lets that woman off, her crime was much more serious than what the main stream media is reporting.....
Who knows, maybe the Republicans are to the point, like the mafia, of threatening people or their families to force them to do what they want........Polis and his partner, (Married?...Husband?....Wife?......) may have been threatened??????
RandomNumbers
(19,070 posts)He can "consider" for awhile before he has to commit.
If he just says "no way, not ever, case closed" then the TSF admin moves immediately to take further punitive measures against his state.
We see that TSF is rapidly declining, and many on our side believe that a successor will be less of a wrecking ball. It seems like hastening reprisals against the state, when delay might reduce the impact to Colorado citizens, would be malfeasance.
Just an idea. I don't actually have any insight, just my own thoughts on "why would someone do this?"
wolfie001
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Cha
(316,904 posts)gong on here. 
Born and Raised in Colorado... I love my Hometown State.. and really don't like this.
No remorse from Tina Cheater Peters, either. It's like he'd be letting a Traitor Psycho out on the streets.
JBTaurus83
(879 posts)He’s been a real disappointment on multiple fronts.
aeromanKC
(3,821 posts)And then after looking over the facts in Tina Peters case he can honestly say based on the facts, NO Fucking way!!
rampartd
(3,852 posts)game of thrones style.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,281 posts)... so it shuts up on this topic. The key word here is, "consider". It all depends on what kind of "parole", she gets, too. Banished to a hut on Pike Peak?
The Madcap
(1,758 posts)Take your pick, traitor Tina.
quakerboy
(14,724 posts)Once shes out, Trumps goons will move her to a red state and not permit any further restrictions on her.
FakeNoose
(40,227 posts)If Tina Peters receives clemency, it means the Governor has not only pardoned her and released her from prison, he has also expunged her record like this thing never happened. Clemency should only be done in extreme cases, for example if she had been railroaded politically and never actually did any of the things she was convicted of.
Is that why Governor Polis considering clemency for Tina Peters? I don't think so.
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,086 posts)Generally, clemency is a reduction of the sentence or penalty associated with the crime. A pardon erases the penalties associated with the crime.
IbogaProject
(5,627 posts)A pardon erases the crime if the person accepts publicly they did the crime. He could simply commute her sentence with out pardoning her. He could also make her serve her sentence at home. I'm not sure if he could leave her on parole which I feel is needed as Ms Peters hasn't acknowledged her guilt and still poses a "risk to the community".
paleotn
(21,599 posts)Clemency can mean sentence commutation or a pardon. It's a broad term meaning to grant mercy. But neither a pardon nor commutation expunges a criminal record. That takes a judge(s).
CO governor is leaning towards commutation. Showing unwarranted mercy just because she's old. In my mind, that's not fair and another reason why I have serious problems with executive clemency in general, unless the subject's legal and constitutional rights were violated. They were not. If they were, she can appeal, which she is doing.
And Polis is term limited and on the way out. Why does he care? This smells funny.
RandomNumbers
(19,070 posts)He can "consider" for awhile before he has to commit.
If he just says "no way, not ever, case closed" then the TSF admin moves immediately to take further punitive measures against his state.
We see that TSF is rapidly declining, and many on our side believe that a successor will be less of a wrecking ball. It seems like hastening reprisals against the state, when delay might reduce the impact to Colorado citizens, would be malfeasance.
Just an idea. I don't actually have any insight, just my own thoughts on "why would someone do this?"
moniss
(8,755 posts)no remorse and she tried to con the court all the way through the trial. The judge rebuked her character strongly during sentencing. This was not a one time "controversial" act that could be interpreted legally in different ways. She lines up perfectly with the sort of personal traits of Mike Lindell.
Wonder Why
(6,556 posts)that truly deserve clemency or pardon. She deserves neither and will probably continue her behavior till she dies.
Attilatheblond
(8,319 posts)Let her serve out her time. Spoiled brats stay spoiled brats until somebody makes 'em pay.
hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)I want to see Democrats stand up and fight Trump; not capitulate.
yorkster
(3,687 posts)There have been some. But the R's are the ultimate cavers.
hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)n/t
yorkster
(3,687 posts)hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)Now, have a great day. I won't engage further with comments that are meant to take an OP off track. The subject of this thread is Tina Peters. My response was understood.
yorkster
(3,687 posts)is an overly broad statement. That is all.
Sure as heck not implying that you personally are not a loyal Democrat.
Ciao.
Cha
(316,904 posts)smh.
yorkster
(3,687 posts)🙏
Cha
(316,904 posts)
GreenWave
(12,371 posts)benevolent space aliens want to preserve a rare surface air breathing planet, but can only do so by exporting the selfish, the inflamers, etc...to a different world. Some of the good folks start to worry about the bad people who are not in the slightest upset with their new digs nor worrying one iota about the good ones so far away...
If true poster, let me know how to resolve this dilemma...
yorkster
(3,687 posts)don't really know what to make of it, the whole thread I mean.
GreenWave
(12,371 posts)Scubamatt
(255 posts)that a major reason why the Democratic Party polls so low is NOT because of its agenda, but because the average US citizen has been conditioned to love strength and despise weakness. When our side regularly caves as soon as the heat is turned up, it only serves to confirm how the Cons and the media portray us as weak, unwilling to fight for what we claim to believe.
hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)America doesn't like wimps, and Americans are absolutely and completely HUNGRY for real leadership. They want strength and they want action.
The Trump administration with all of its little MAGA followers is NOT that strength. Trump and the MAGA movement have gotten to where they are by bullying. Plain and simple.
And the way to beat a fucking bully is to be a bigger bully. That is offensive to some with delicate little ears both here on DU and in the world at large, but it is 100% truth. We need to fight back and fight back hard and tough and creatively or we might as well whimper and stop complaining. We cannot "go high" and expect to have our lives any more.
anti-repub
(27 posts)You are absolutely correct. In 2024, when Kamela Harris began her campaign she said "when we fight we fight we win" and she kept rising in the polls. Then Wolz had his "debate" with vance and kept "agreeing" with vance. After that Harris started saying she would "give a seat at the table for them, " meaning the repos, and thereafter the Harris campaign's polling stagnated. For 40 years the Democratic establishment kept bowing to the repos. Now there are some Democratic leaders not bowing to the repos,e.g., Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Mr. Raskin, Governor Hochle and most of all, Gavin Newsom.
hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)We very much NEED to fight to win.
Thanks for your response!
Bluetus
(2,319 posts)People love the things we say we are for. They don't really hate Dems, they just pity us for being so quick to capitulate. We are the definition of "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory", time and time again.
That's how we can poll at 70% on the issues, yet have only 25% willing to identify as Democrats. Every time one of these spineless reps pulls a trick like this, we lose another 100,000 possible supporters.
Cha
(316,904 posts)Does Anybody think about that when they're posting about the "polls"?
Not all Dems are like Gov Polis. They're doing the Hard Work.
CrispyQ
(40,689 posts)You don't negotiate with terrorists or authoritarians. You can never trust them. Also, once you cave, they know you'll do it again.
hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)You are absolutely spot on. You do NOT cave because they know you'll do it again.
fujiyamasan
(1,234 posts)His support for RFK and the Venezuela operation were beyond the pale.
My guess is he’ll throw his hat in the ring for 2028 to run as the token moderate or conservative “maverick”. Then he’ll end up dead last, likely switch parties bashing democrats on the way out, and become a Fox News “democrat”.
LymphocyteLover
(9,384 posts)momta
(4,194 posts)One of our senators, Michael Bennet, is running for Governor. He has said publicly that he looks forward to appointing someone to fill his senate seat. (He, himself, was initially appointed and then ran as an incumbent.) I think he plans to appoint Polis, and Polis is trying to get on Dump's good side.
Polis, Hickenlooper (former governor, current senator), and Bennet are thick as thieves, and have dominated statewide politics for decades. I'm so over them. I've never supported any of them in their primaries (though, I of course, check their boxes when they're the Dem on the general ballot).
We have had some great, young candidates who have been frozen out by these three.
BumRushDaShow
(165,892 posts)He has certainly paid his dues and has all kinds of credentials, although I'm sure the red county loons would have a shit-fit due to his J6 investigating. 
momta
(4,194 posts)And yeah, I would love to see him as senator now too.
AllyCat
(18,539 posts)JI7
(93,234 posts)What does the political situation and holding office plans of those politicians have to do with giving her clemency ?
momta
(4,194 posts)Granting her clemency is a slap in the face to those of us who work very hard to make our elections safe and secure. I think Polis is acting in his own personal best interest (on the chance he becomes senator), and not that of the people of my state.
JI7
(93,234 posts)I understand it's in his best interest if he wants to leave politics and go on Fox as the "Dem" voice that is mostly critical of Democrats.
But if his intention is to stay in office as a Democrat I don't see how this helps him.
Tasmanian Devil
(27 posts)Polis thinks (incorrectly) that he might soften the GOP opposition to him if he appears to be moderate.
Cha
(316,904 posts)born and raised in Denver, Colorado!
anti-repub
(27 posts)What this discussion on polis' plans and his allies has to do with giving the conspirator to overturn the election of 24 clemency is the imperative to break the hold the "wimp caucus" has on the Democratic Party.
popsdenver
(1,571 posts)see my #84
RandomNumbers
(19,070 posts)Maybe more possible than what I just posted about buying time. Given his history that you mention.
But it could be both. Why fuck over his state right now if he can buy a little time first? (I don't really give a shit where Peters is as long as she never gets access to election board materials or equipment again)
Hugin
(37,452 posts)Statements like this show exactly who Trump has been on the phone with.
MissouriDem47
(397 posts)Nonsense to give in to TACO. She broke the law, she should pay the price. Her age has nothing to do with it.
Vinca
(53,369 posts)Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Paladin
(32,303 posts)This cratering by Polis may be fueled by desperation---or maybe not...
Marie Marie
(10,897 posts)to release the Epstein files. In any event, I wondered the same thing but will this get CO the pipeline? I sure wouldn't trust Trump to return the favor.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,140 posts)Or more precisely, that her actions were illegal. The reason for early parole is admission of guilt, accepting punishment and good behavior. He should allow the system and her ability to redeem herself work.
She could have and may have done damage to our system of choosing our leadership because she insisted she knew who should be the President. By offering clemency, you would confirm she was right to do so.
MoseShrute
(100 posts)Is this really a practice he’s been doing in the past? I found the blurb below; no mention of age.
“Governor Jared Polis has granted clemency to numerous inmates, including 22 individuals in December 2024 and 28 in December 2023, often focusing on those who have shown rehabilitation and remorse for their actions. His clemency actions have included pardons and commutations, allowing some inmates to become eligible for parole earlier than their original sentences.”
I don’t think this lady has shown any remorse at all. If she’s truly in poor health, maybe it would save the citizens money by sending her home. But I’d want to see in writing an admission of guilt and acceptance of responsibility for actions. We know that isn’t going to happen.
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ForgoTheConsequence
(5,168 posts)These are people who didn't try to rig an election for a demented fascist. Undermining the Democratic process as a government official isn't just a little non-violent offense. PLUS she has shown no remorse or understanding that what she did was wrong.
Wonder Why
(6,556 posts)
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)she is still spewing her stolen election bullshit and conspiracies, she has shown no regrets nor remorse for what she tried to do, steal the election in CO for Trumpedo, she committed numerous felonies and misdemeanors and if let loose, she would go right back to her bullshit.
No, she's exactly where she belongs, violent or non violent crimes.
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Oh, and BTW, she's still under the influence of the MAGAt cult.
bluestarone
(21,220 posts)Do it all over again. WTF? THAT in it self is full reason to make her serve out her term!
orangecrush
(28,530 posts)To Renee Good.
paleotn
(21,599 posts)I'd bet if she were a billionaire guilty of non-violent fraud and theft, you'd feel very different. Just because it was non-violent doesn't mean it wasn't egregious. She attacked the very bedrock of our democracy. I don't think she was sentenced harshly enough.
And don't give me that cult bullshit. She knew what she was doing.
BeyondGeography
(40,818 posts)
niyad
(129,654 posts)systems is not the same thing as forging a check, orr failing to show up for court, or soliciting prostitution.
rampartd
(3,852 posts)squeaky fromm must serve her entire sentence and admit that manson's cult was incompatible with civilization
how powerful is a cult? here is sandy "blue" good 50 years after sharon tate's death ......
In a 2019 interview, Good still professed total allegiance to Manson, saying, "They [Manson and his "family"] really saved my health, my brain, my emotional health, my mental health, my physical health. I'm thankful to them all," and credited Manson with teaching her about the "deep connection to the natural world."[19] Good also said, "You want to talk about devils and demonic and immoral and evil, go to Hollywood [...] How can you point the finger at us and call us evil for being good soldiers and doing what needed to be done?”[20]
our problem is deprogramming 70 odd million people before they kill us all and write on the walls with our blood. i can't really recommend a mao style cultural revolution, can i? but before the cultural revolution 1/3 of chinese women had bound feet.
helter skelter = boogaloo (cpnnecting manson to trump.)
polanski, whose home was a manson crime scene, shared that same "love of beautiful women." as epstein
"manson loved beautiful women, and some of them are on the younger side."
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)dsc
(53,323 posts)the last person convicted of a non violent drug offence gets theirs.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,388 posts)And of course she will come out, thank the Governor, admit the errors of her ways and go on to give talks about cults and obeying the law.
Just like all the J6ers have done. I mean the ones that haven’t joined ice and/or re-starting Proud Boys chapters.
Did you even WATCH the sentencing hearing?
CrispyQ
(40,689 posts)She wanted to silence the voices of her fellow citizens. Fuck her. What she did was as bad as J6.
Trump has Polis over a barrel with the water conduit project. Trump is a shit & Polis knows it & he should also know you never negotiate with proven liars & frauds. Felon 34 is a liar & a fraud & Polis is a fool if he makes a deal.
orangecrush
(28,530 posts)
oasis
(53,365 posts)activism for the benefit of MAGA extremist. Let’s not give them an additional figure to rally around.
OldBaldy1701E
(10,225 posts)I kept trying to convince myself that he would not do so.
But, I knew it!
Fiendish Thingy
(22,078 posts)Chasstev365
(7,143 posts)niyad
(129,654 posts)niyad
(129,654 posts)considering this insanity as a way of protecting threatened federal funding. However, h has said and done some really stupid things, so no benefit of the doubt here.
Call his office at 303-866-2885. email GovernorPolis@state.co.us
Clouds Passing
(7,043 posts)
Aviation Pro
(15,258 posts)He’s getting her hopes up and will unceremoniously say, “Nah, fuck that shitbag.”
cab67
(3,640 posts)
barbtries
(31,139 posts)but she is also a menace to society.
JohnnyRingo
(20,517 posts)Otherwise, she probably doesn't deserve a life sentence if she's not violent.
He can commute her sentence so she's still a convicted felon.
intheflow
(30,013 posts)What harm can a 70 years old do? Tina Peters could have been 95 years old and still been able to interfere with elections in the exact same way she was convicted for. Sure, if you're talking about someone who was 6'4" and incarcerated for beating people to death when they were 40, who's now 70 and decrepit, their threat is possibly negated (although, with guns, death by any age is possible). But white collar crime can just as easily be done by old people as well as young. So seriously, wtaf, Polis?
Kid Berwyn
(23,031 posts)Nine years really is getting off easy.
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)What do they have on Polis?
returnee
(825 posts)
flvegan
(65,794 posts)Fucking no consequences leadership. And people wonder why some of us insist that no matter what happens with future elections, there will NEVER be any sort of prosecution of any of the crimes committed by ANYONE during the Trump years.
And they wonder why people stay home rather than vote. This chud was literally breaking the law until she was put in jail. "Oh, but she's old. Wah, she's been treated harshly. Waaah." Fucking soft. This "gentle parenting" of our political criminals is exactly how we got here.
AllyCat
(18,539 posts)But at 70, after only a year in prison, we need to allow her to spend her last years at home. And she's no longer a threat.
Riiiiggghhhttt....
NotHardly
(2,634 posts)JT45242
(3,836 posts)It's people like her that made the Jan 6 insurrection happen.
No clemency. Shr did the crime. She can do the time.
As far as I am concerned, 9 years was pretty light. They didn't throw on obstruction charges that would have added years to her sentence.
If she dies in prison, so be it. We have plenty of people serving life for three strikes with three non violent drug offenses.
Hotler
(13,738 posts)Fil1957
(547 posts)NewDayOranges
(750 posts)That Trump $hit-canned last week...
dlk
(13,120 posts)It’s sickening
Martin68
(27,088 posts)bluestarone
(21,220 posts)Why does everybody feel like they have kiss RUMPS ASS? THIS really upsets me!!
bluestarone
(21,220 posts)Do this bullshit all over again!! 
Katinfl
(644 posts)Lois .Absolutely not! This is where democrats always make a mistake. They would not give a inch and neither should Polis.
Callie1979
(1,155 posts)
Kali
(56,646 posts)but these are NOT FUCKING NORMAL TIMES!!!
dissapointing
OMGWTF
(5,016 posts)Have you seen 79-year-old T💩p? That mofo is trying to start WWIII. Fk off with that BS!
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)Let's break down the facts,
She tried to steal the election in CO by stealing a security badge from another employee,
She gave that badge to an associate of Mike Lindell,
She turned off all the security cameras inside the building housing the voting machines,
She then allowed that assoc. into the room to access the software of one of the machines, which the passcodes were later "leaked" onto social media sites,
She then lied and obstructed investigators,
She was charged by a Republican DA in Mesa County, CO,
The jury consisted of citizens of Mesa Co., which, BTW, is a very red county so it stands to reason that there were Republicans on the jury,
The judge who presided over the trial is a registered Republican,
The jury, again, from Mesa Co., convicted her of 7 Felonies and 3 Misdemeanors,
She was sentenced by the registered Republican judge who was quite contemptuous of her continued defiance during trial and sentencing:
And as an added bonus, every Republican election official agreed with the sentence, that should tell Polis just how bad this security breach was.
Here's my message to Gov. Polis, who's office I've already called and respectfully gave the reasons, which I listed above, why I vehemently oppose any pardon or commutation of her sentence, Do not bow down to Trumpedo, it will only backfire on you.
BidenRocks
(2,788 posts)Plan on moving up chumps ass when you are out of office?
Baitball Blogger
(51,744 posts)This is why no one takes Democrats seriously.
Bayard
(28,640 posts)I will kick your ass.
There's no doubt this woman would go right back to her evil deeds if she were released. She is still a danger to democracy, and we should be protected from her.
I'd really like to hear reporters start calling trump--elderly. The elderly president. The rants would be spectacular.
KPN
(17,146 posts)By Polis' rationale alone, Trump is no threat to society. There's something sleazy going on behind this for sure. Either that or Polis is a total and complete idiot ... and I'm not buying that. Maybe Polis has been given an offer he can't refuse?
bluestarone
(21,220 posts)THEN we turn on the news and a Democratic Gov. of Colorado is maybe gonna release a no good CULTIST that says she would do what she did all over again. I would hope that ALL Democrats in Col. would warm him DO NOT DO THIS. Can Someone from Col tell me this is happening? Holy FUCK!!
lees1975
(6,908 posts)The "Merrick Garland effect".
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)the investigation, I still supported him, now, I know I was wrong and I'm man enough to admit it.
Ol Janx Spirit
(737 posts)...troll her and giver her false hope of a reduced sentence only to be crushed later when it doesn't happen citing her lack of remorse.
Peters is only 70--hardly "elderly."
She'll be eligible for early parole within the next two years anyway.
If we are going to depend on punishment for any of these MAGA minions--including Ross--or even the Big Cheeto himself, we are going to be perpetually disappointed. The last four years should prove that to us.
Our revenge must be in putting out the fire they've started and rebuilding the world into a haven for the progressive values we all know make the world a better place for everyone--not just the morbidly rich or the morbidly cruel.
kimbutgar
(26,836 posts)diane in sf
(4,218 posts)EllisWhy
(24 posts)...yet so many of the Democratic Party's leaders exude it.
This one's especially ironic given one of MAGA's talking points has been how Democrats are weak on crime...Maybe reduce it a few years, but good lord...
Lucky Luciano
(11,821 posts)
MayReasonRule
(4,015 posts)
Warpy
(114,398 posts)and it will all be as worthless as he is.
Peters was convicted under state law and there's not a thing Fatso can do about it.
DBoon
(24,750 posts)
Skittles
(169,643 posts)what do they have on him???
AcanthaV
(9 posts)Governor Polis says Tina Peters’ 9-year sentence is "harsh" because she's in her 70s. Since when does age give you a pass to breach secure voting systems and fuel an insurrectionist movement?
Let’s remember: She wasn't some confused grandmother. She was an elected official who used her position to compromise our democracy. If we start handing out "get out of jail free" cards to election deniers just because they’ve reached a certain age, we’re telling the next generation of MAGA clerks that the consequences are optional. Keep her in Pueblo. Accountability has no expiration date.
PatrickforB
(15,347 posts)In fact, I have been pretty disappointed in his governorship. He's presided over some real debacles.
The two Democrats who stand a chance of winning the primary are Michael Bennett and Phil Weiser. I like Weiser a bit better as a potential governor, but either would be better than Polis.
I sure wish we had a firebrand like Crockett or AOC in Colorado, though. Institutionalists abound and to survive the descent into Trump-nazism we may well need to get ugly, by which I mean things like massive civil disobedience in the face of sure violence, and acting financially as a sovereign state to cut off tax withholding monies to the Feds because we simply do not have a federal government at this point that is in any way representing us, yet we are all still being taxed heavily to support dirtbags like these billionaires and nazis like Noem, Miller and Bannon. These people aren't doing any American state, city, town, rural area, family or individual a damned bit of good. This latest outrage in Minneapolis just underscores what we've known all along about these assholes.
Marvin Jones
(28 posts)NO!
Bluetus
(2,319 posts)even though majorities of 60-80% agree with the policies we say we are for.
After everything Trump did to break our election system, we get ONE single, solitary person accountable for anything, and we want to give that up?
If he thinks 9 years is too harsh, then put it on the calendar for consideration in 2029. If the Republicans do no more election tampering in 2026, and 2028, they commute her sentence after 4 years.
stillspkg
(155 posts)This pattern of "reconsidering", of kowtowing is not "being the good guy", mercy or grace. It is weak and it is wrong and it is a lack of care. Without accountability the same old shit keeps happening. It is a continuation of lawlessness.
Where are our strong leaders? People like this governor need to be pressured to be better than this or be voted out.
rhiannon55
(2,768 posts)Old people SHOULD be able to live out their lives in some amount of comfort, with family. I would hate the harsh conditions in prison. My body hurts all the time already..
But then I started thinking about Tina Peters as the mean, dishonest person she is, and I thought, “old woman or not, she could still do a lot of damage if she was free to do so. Trump and his regime would laud her as a hero/martyr, and she would continue her evil ways.
Why would we want a mean old woman released upon this country? We already have enough mean hateful people recking havoc.
Evolve Dammit
(21,506 posts)
NoMoreRepugs
(11,808 posts)
Mark.b2
(755 posts)Anyone involved in even the slightest manipulation of the election process should be thrown under the jail, much less pardoned or given clemency.
I cant think of anything more sacred in democracy than voting and counting votes.
