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Katherine Harris: What the extremists who roamed these halls targeted was not only the lives of elected leaders, what they sought to…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
What the extremists who roamed these halls targeted was not only the lives of elected leaders, what they sought to degrade and destroy was not only a building, hallowed as it is, what they were assaulting are the institutions, the values, the ideals that generations of Americans have marched, picketed, and shed blood to establish and defend.
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Katherine Harris
Republican · Florida
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Harris speaks about the broader implications of the January 6 attack on American democracy and its institutions.

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