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On the recordMarch 4, 2021
These are people that, frankly, probably don't belong in Congress, because they are there to inflame an outrage.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Speier discusses the presence of certain Republicans in Congress who incite violence.

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