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On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
One year later should be a simple, solemn commemoration of what happened in a collective unified determination to never let anything like that ever happen again. But I`m even more worried now.
Said by
Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Schatz expresses concern about the current political climate and the potential for future threats to democracy.

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