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On the recordJanuary 20, 2021
The bottom line is, these two members participated in trying to overturn free and fair elections. And they had to have known for well, that they were perpetrating a big lie.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Hirono asserts that Cruz and Hawley knowingly participated in undermining the electoral process.

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