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On the recordJanuary 4, 2022
No, it isn't possible. And Anderson, I have the same exact sentiment that you express tonight, and I was there on the House floor during that attempted coup, and that is the aftermath didn't have to turn out this way.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff discusses the impossibility of having a functional democracy when one side refuses to accept election losses.

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