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On the recordDecember 21, 2020
People -- there needs to be an intervention by Republican leaders in the Congress to go to the President and say the time is up, you have to accept that there is a change of power here. It has to be peaceful. Otherwise, we're going to oppose you for the rest of your life.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Jim Himes calls for Republican leaders to intervene with the President regarding the peaceful transition of power.

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