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On the recordJune 10, 2022
A coup is a serious effort to replace the government by an organized group who have that purpose. This was -- this was a mob, it was a riot.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia
Source
msnbc.com

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Newt Gingrich downplays the January 6th Capitol attack, arguing it was not a coup but a mob riot.

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