05/26/2026
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Rep. Knight did an interview with WPRO's Bill Bartholomew for his podcast which aired last Saturday afternoon on WPRO. Listen for yourself and decide if you want someone this far to the ideologically left serving as your AG. He will be in charge of interpreting the very leftist gun control he championed and passed to violate your 2A rights. Think he will interpret those laws and whatever else is passed in the future as fair to you folks? If you think so, you need your head examined...
Jason Knight’s Own Words Show Why He Should Not Get the AG Job
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s next attorney general will not just be another politician. The office controls criminal prosecutions, public corruption cases, consumer protection actions, public records enforcement, constitutional litigation, and the legal posture of the state itself.
That office should be held by someone committed to enforcing the law, protecting victims, defending constitutional rights, and keeping politics from swallowing justice. Jason Knight’s own words suggest he sees the job differently.
In a recent interview with Steve Ahlquist, Knight laid out a vision of the Attorney General’s office that should alarm Rhode Islanders who still believe the law should mean something. He spoke about using state policy to push back against ICE, backing a 364 day misdemeanor change that would reduce immigration consequences for some criminal convictions, supporting expanded parole eligibility for offenders who committed crimes before age 22, providing cell phones and data plans to people leaving prison, and continuing the state’s aggressive gun control agenda.
The most revealing moment came when Knight discussed legislation aimed at federal immigration enforcement. He acknowledged that a proposed mask bill for law enforcement agents could face serious legal problems, but still argued the state should pass it as a protest vote. That is not the mindset Rhode Island needs in its top law enforcement officer. Laws are not bumper stickers. They are not campaign statements. They are supposed to be constitutional, enforceable, and written to protect the public.
Knight also supports the 364 day misdemeanor change, a proposal designed to shave one day off Rhode Island misdemeanor sentences because federal immigration law treats some one year sentences differently. Supporters call it a technical fix. Knight described the purpose plainly: reducing the number of people subject to ICE enforcement. For voters who believe criminal convictions should carry real consequences, especially when immigration law is involved, that is not a minor detail. It is the point.
This is the same Jason Knight whose campaign proudly promotes his role in Rhode Island’s assault weapons ban. His record is not a mystery. He helped push restrictions on law abiding gun owners and now wants to become the official responsible for defending those laws in court. A Knight Attorney General’s office would almost certainly mean more hostility toward Second Amendment rights, not less.
The Attorney General should be the people’s lawyer, not the progressive movement’s lawyer. Rhode Island needs an Attorney General who will go after violent criminals, public corruption, government secrecy, fraud, and abuse of power without turning the office into an ideological weapon.
Jason Knight is qualified on paper. He has been a prosecutor, defense attorney, legislator, and military veteran. But qualifications are not the same as judgment. His own campaign and his own interview show where his priorities are: criminal justice reform, resistance politics, expanded government power, anti ICE legislation, and gun control.
Rhode Island does not need an Attorney General who treats law enforcement as activism with a badge. It needs one who will enforce the law, defend constitutional rights, protect victims, and put public safety ahead of political theater.
