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Eric Swalwell: “They would have killed my colleagues.”

On the recordJune 15, 2021
They would have killed my colleagues.
Said by
Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell describes the potential consequences if the mob had breached the Capitol.

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