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On the recordJanuary 8, 2021
I will attribute it to the president who said, even after his vice president told him that morning I do not have the constitutional authority to do what you have asked me to do, I cannot do it, I have to protect and uphold the Constitution. Even after the vice president told President Trump that, he still told his supporters to fight.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska
Source
msnbc.com

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Murkowski discusses Trump's responsibility for the actions of his supporters during the Capitol riots.

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