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On the recordJanuary 31, 2022
While the Administration has not wanted to characterize what happened on October 25 as a coup, that is, indeed, what it was.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Senator Risch asserts that the October 25 event was a coup despite the Administration's reluctance to label it as such.

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