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Jamie Raskin: “Although Donald Trump knows full well that he lost the election by more than seven million votes and 306 to 232, in the…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2022
Although Donald Trump knows full well that he lost the election by more than seven million votes and 306 to 232, in the Electoral College, even though everyone around him knew that and knows that and tried to convince them of it, he still wants to propagandize his followers in the Big Lie.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin discusses Trump's ongoing attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.

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