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Colin Powell: It was awful. He was going in there to overturn the government.

On the recordOctober 17, 2021
It was awful. He was going in there to overturn the government.
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Colin Powell

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Colin Powell described the January 6 insurrection as an awful event aimed at overturning the government.

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