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On the recordJune 20, 2022
The State pressure campaign and the danger it posed to State officials and to State capitols around the Nation was a dangerous precursor to the violence we saw on January 6th at the U.S. Capitol.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff highlights the risks posed by state pressure leading to the January 6th violence.

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