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Adam Schiff: “He needed to agree that he would peacefully transfer power over to the incoming administration because that's one of our…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2022
He needed to agree that he would peacefully transfer power over to the incoming administration because that's one of our fundamentals in what it means to live in a democracy.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff stresses the necessity of a peaceful transfer of power as a democratic principle.

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