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On the recordJuly 20, 2022
Hours had passed when he could have simply taken a walk for 10 or 15 seconds over to address the country and address his followers and tell them to go home. And people were besieging him, begging him to do that. And he refused to do that.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin discusses Trump's inaction during the Capitol riot, highlighting that he could have addressed the nation but chose not to.

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