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Jamie Raskin: “You might imagine that our Founders would have been shocked to learn that an American President would one day come to…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2022
You might imagine that our Founders would have been shocked to learn that an American President would one day come to embrace and excuse political violence against our own institutions.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin reflects on how the Founders would view Trump's actions regarding political violence.

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