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On the recordOctober 5, 2021
Here, Mike Pence was facing a mob that was chanting 'Hang Mike Pence.' They`d set up, like, gallows outside of the Capitol. And this was a coup, not against the president, but by the president against Mike Pence, because, for that one day, he decided not to follow Donald Trump, but to follow the Constitution of the United States.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin describes the events of January 6 and the implications of Mike Pence's actions during the Capitol attack.

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