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Jamie Raskin: “The tweets spoke for themselves. Donald Trump was trying to inflame the mob and further unleash its fury against Mike…”

On the recordApril 5, 2022
The tweets spoke for themselves. Donald Trump was trying to inflame the mob and further unleash its fury against Mike Pence.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin explains that Donald Trump's tweets were intended to incite violence against Mike Pence during the Capitol riots.

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