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Jena Griswold: It's akin to electing someone, who's an arsonist, to oversee a fire department. It's very troubling.

On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
It's akin to electing someone, who's an arsonist, to oversee a fire department. It's very troubling.

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Jena Griswold compares the election of election-deniers to dangerous positions to appointing an arsonist to manage a fire department.

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