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Adam Kinzinger: “The president bears serious responsibility for what we saw on the 6th and it's not just his speech that day.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2021
The president bears serious responsibility for what we saw on the 6th and it's not just his speech that day.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger holds Trump accountable for the events of January 6, linking it to his rhetoric over four years.

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