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On the recordJune 14, 2021
Former President Trump cultivated a homegrown terror movement. It was his self-serving lies and conspiracy theories that were the catalyst for a violent insurrection that left 140 police officers injured and five people dead.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz blames Trump for inciting the January 6 insurrection through lies and conspiracy theories.

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