As I’ve noted before, the right views local and state cops as an essential barrier between respectable, Godfearing white citizens and vengeful, ruthless minority criminals. Federal law enforcement officers, on the other hand, are jackbooted thugs who want to take away your liberty to defraud suckers and cheat on your taxes. They need to go.
On its face, the Capitol law enforcement officers who were injured on January 6 resemble the first group more than the second. Trump, however, has effectively concluded they belonged in the jackbooted thug cohort by pardoning rioters who committed violent crimes. Most of his GOP allies, but not all, appear to agree with him. Remember that the next time you hear the right talking about the sanctity of the law.