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On the recordJanuary 11, 2021
I do believe that the president of the United States, Trump, has organized and worked in a way that, even after he's not serving as a president, that he believes that he's going to have control over a significant population in this country that he can use to basically rule and to basically confront whatever entity he'd like to confront that's not agreeing with him.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Maxine Waters expresses concern about Trump's influence and potential to incite unrest even after his presidency.

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