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Jamie Raskin: “Had Mike Pence succumbed to the extraordinary pressure and coercion campaign being brought down upon him by Donald Trump…”

On the recordApril 22, 2022
Had Mike Pence succumbed to the extraordinary pressure and coercion campaign being brought down upon him by Donald Trump and his lieutenants, what would have happened is that Pence would have returned to senator dozens of electoral college votes.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Raskin explains the potential consequences if Mike Pence had acted on Trump's orders during the electoral vote count.

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