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Jamie Raskin: “What it was going to be was an armed revolution. I mean, people died that day.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2022
What it was going to be was an armed revolution. I mean, people died that day.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin discusses the potential for violence on January 6th and its implications.

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