A Washington Post report said many members of Congress sought a pardon for Chris Collins. Author: Steve Brown, Penny Adams Sippel Published: 6:04 PM EST December 23, 2020 Updated: 6:04 PM EST December 23, 2020
CLARENCE, N.Y. 27th District Congressman Chris Jacobs had very little to say about President Trump s pardon for his predecessor, Chris Collins.
Jacobs singular answer to a question was to make it clear he did not lobby President Trump for the pardon.
News broke Tuesday night of the series of pardons granted by the President, which included Collins, who back in the 2016 presidential campaign was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump.
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others. we are the future. let us change the future and let us do it now. signed, dimitri hoth, senior, marjory stoneman douglas high school, 17 years old, survivor. [ applause ] we have actually one more speaker, with due respect. then representative jacobs and i have a few comments. but let s hear our last speaker. good afternoon. i am 16 years old, and i m a tenth grader at marjory stoneman douglas high school. to think last week at this exact time i was complaining about not wanting to go to rehearsal after school and trying to think of an excuse to get out of it. that day will be with all of us
loud and we are not stopping until change happens. never again will this ever happen to any one of my friends. i will never no one s parents should be put through that ever again. never again. thank you. [applause] thank you, everybody, so very much. i think that they have said more than we possibly could. and i know representative jacobs has a few thoughts as we move in to the afternoon session for meetings. thank you senator books. we have had a group of kids that we scheduled for over 70 different meetings. harris: we have been covering live the news conference by majory stoneman douglas high school students who traveled from parkland, florida to the state capital, tallahassee to first take part in an
majory stone man douglas high school, senior, survivor. [applause] ask some questions here, please? we have actually one more speaker. with due respect. and then representative jacobs and i have a few comments. but, let s hear our last speaker. good afternoon. my name is tamzel phillips. i m 16 years old and tenth grader at majory stone man douglas high school, to think last week at this exact time i was complaining about not wanting to go to rehearsal after school and trying to think of an excuse to get out of it. that day will be with all of us and all of our parents, all of our teachers for the rest of our lives. when we saw this stuff on the news, i wept and