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Trump dog whistles to his base for protests again, call for pardoning of Jan. 6 protestors

Former Pres. Donald Trump is at it again -- using a similar message that nudged his followers into commiting the Jan. 6 insurrewction. This time he overtly evokes race, which many people beleive is the source of the tension in the GOP. Inhope threre is the biggest protest in this country in Wahisington, Trump said at Gerogia rally Saturday where he was complainging about America's "corrupt" poliical system. Liz Cheney, who has been treated as a GOP reject was joined by a few other Republicans standing against Trump's speech and his call to have participats in the Jan. 6 Capotol riot pardoned. "Trump uses language he knows caused the Jan. 6 violence; suggests he'd pardon the Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy; threatens prosecutors; and admits he was attempting to overturn the election," U.S. Representative Liz Cheney posted on Twitter on Monday. "He'd do it all again if given the chance." On Su...