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On the recordJuly 25, 2021
At the end of the day, what this insurrection was about was about a large group of people unwilling to accept the results of a democratic election, willing to use violence to have their way and that is a very dangerous sign that our democracy is on thin ice.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff discusses the implications of the January 6 insurrection on democracy.

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