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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The loss of lives and property could have been avoided, at least some of it, if the D.C. National Guard had been called…”

On the recordJune 14, 2021
The loss of lives and property could have been avoided, at least some of it, if the D.C. National Guard had been called out early enough to do its job.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights the failure to deploy the National Guard in time on January 6.

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