By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters). A small group of Republicans reacted against Trump’s weekend proposal to pardon people convicted for their participation in the attack on U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump uses language that he knows has caused Jan. 6, violence. He suggests he would pardon Jan.6 defendants; threatens to prosecutors; and admits that he tried to overturn the election.” U.S. Representative Liz Cheney wrote on Monday (NYSE:). If given the chance, he would repeat it.”

Cheney was among the two Republicans that took part in U.S House of Representatives’ official investigation of January 6.

Cheney, along with a few Republicans, spoke out following a weekend when former President Trump, at Conroe in Texas, suggested that he might pardon those who were convicted of the attack, if elected in 2024. He also called for protests against New York and Georgia prosecutors investigating his company.

On Sunday night, he made a new statement in which he claimed that Mike Pence (his vice president) “could’ have overturned” the election that Trump lost.

He also criticized the bipartisan effort of Republican Senator Susan Collins, to reform federal law that permits Congress members to challenge presidential election results.

Adam Kinzinger (the other Republican member of the Jan.6 committee) wrote late Sunday on Twitter that it was time for all Republican leaders to choose a side… Trump or Constitution, there’s no middle in defending our country anymore.

Trump’s remarks about targeting prosecutors prompted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wilis (Georgia), who is looking into whether Trump attempted to influence state handling of election to request additional security from the FBI.

In a Sunday email to the FBI’s Atlanta branch office, she stated that Trump’s Texas remarks attacking “radical, vicious, racist prosecutors”, and encouraging protests in Washington DC, New York, and Atlanta were her main concerns.

Trump was impeached by the House, but cleared in the Senate on the charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack in which thousands of his supporters attacked the Capitol. This assault was the most severe on Congress since the War of 1812. Collins and Kinzinger supported his impeachment vote, while Cheney and Kinzinger voted in favor.

Trump’s false claim that his Nov 2020 election loss was due to fraud fueled the attack on Congress. The attackers threatened to hang Pence and stop Congress from recalibrating Biden’s win. Over 700 individuals have been accused of participating in the attack.

On Sunday, other Republicans also rejected his comments about pardons.

“The people who were involved in the riots, and frankly the attack on the U.S. Capitol must be held responsible. “There is a rule to law,” New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu stated to CNN.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a strong Trump ally, raised concerns about repeated violence.

He said, “I don’t want to confirm that the Capitol had been defiled was okay.” “I don’t think I want to do any that would make this even more probable in the future,” said he to CBS.