“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander celebrates Trump's January 6 pardons: “I would storm the Capitol again for Donald Trump. I would start a militia for Donald Trump.”
Alexander: “There's a lot of relief in this. There's a lot of peace for me in this.”
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Ali Alexander January 6 pardons
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From a January 21, 2025, online stream
ALI ALEXANDER ("STOP THE STEAL" ORGANIZER): It doesn't even apply to me. I don't need a pardon, but, you know, I cried three times. I cried three times over these inaugural ceremonies. It just — and I just didn't realize, again, how my body had been storing up emotional pain that — it's not that I was sad. My body found relief in those tears. You know, it's a physical thing. And I just — you know, you don't know what it's like for 14, 1500 days getting text messages from people wondering if they're ever gonna find relief. People I personally know, you know, went to jail. People I personally know are on probation. People I personally know lost their homes because Donald Trump and I both tweeted to come to January 6.
And I think that leaders — you know, we're not responsible for anybody's behavior. Like, don't get me wrong. I don't feel responsible in that sense. Everyone has agency. God bless America. But I think I want to return to an age where leaders do feel like they owe something to those who follow them. And I know Donald Trump feels that. And I know I feel that. And I know that's a rare trait.
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And I'm going to tell you there's a lot of relief in this. There's a lot of peace for me in this. There are more capable, more competent people than me on these issues, both individually and collectively.
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So I have to figure out how to make sure that history vindicates what Trump did today and vindicates what we did that day. I have to make sure that in 100 years, that everyone thinks, "No, duh, they should have been pardoned." I need to make sure that in 100 years, people think that it was crazy that we were ever emotional about this issue.
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But I'll tell you this, I would storm the Capitol again for Donald Trump. I would start a militia for Donald Trump. I dare say I'd — I would die for Donald Trump, obviously. I've already said that before, but I would die for Donald Trump.