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Barack Obama: “The degree to which we did not see that Republican establishment, say, hold on, time-out, that’s not acceptable, that’s…”

On the recordJune 7, 2021
The degree to which we did not see that Republican establishment, say, hold on, time-out, that’s not acceptable, that’s not who we are, but, rather, be cowed into accepting it, and then finally culminating in January 6, where what originally was, oh, don’t worry, this isn’t going anywhere, we’re just letting Trump and others vent, and then, suddenly, you now have large portions of an elected Congress going along with the falsehood that there were problems with the election.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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msnbc.com

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Obama discusses the failure of the Republican establishment to stand against falsehoods leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot.

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