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Mazie Hirono: Neither one of these senators have expressed any contrition for what happened. And in spite of the fact that newspapers…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2021
Neither one of these senators have expressed any contrition for what happened. And in spite of the fact that newspapers and people have been calling on them to resign, including myself, they're not going to resign.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Hirono explains the lack of accountability from Senators Cruz and Hawley regarding their actions related to the Capitol insurrection.

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