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On the recordDecember 11, 2020
This wasn't a close call. It wasn't a hard call. It was really no call at all. What it was is essentially an effort to overturn our democracy dressed up in shabby legal clothing.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Schiff comments on the Supreme Court's dismissal of a lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results.

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