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Jamie Raskin: “I heard one of our colleagues say it was the fault of the mob, not Donald Trump. But who summoned the mob? Who created…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2021
I heard one of our colleagues say it was the fault of the mob, not Donald Trump. But who summoned the mob? Who created the mob? Who assembled it? You don't have to trust us if you don't like what you call ``Democrat Members.'' We do prefer Democratic Members for the new ones, but how about this? Listen to the chair of your own conference. The chair of the Republican Conference, Liz Cheney, said, ``The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President.'' So you can hate the Democrat Members all you want. That is the chair of the Republican Conference. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney).
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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Jan 12, 2021

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