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On the recordFebruary 10, 2021
He incited them to violence that led, I think, very knowingly, very predictably to the attack that left many, many people dead and injured.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy claims that Trump incited the violent actions of the crowd on January 6.

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