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On the recordAugust 1, 2023
I think the things that -- I don't get surprised by these because, you know, I've been so surprised, like my surprise glands are all destroyed by now, but I basically -- the thing that really kind of shocked me was the amount of violence that they were discussing, that these co-conspirators were talking about, that they knew there would be riots in the streets.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Adam Kinzinger expresses his shock at the discussions of violence among co-conspirators related to the January 6 insurrection.

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