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On the recordMarch 10, 2021
I think that it almost indisputably began on January 6, with the first violent insurrection and mob attack against Congress in the history of the United States, incited by President Trump in an effort to overthrow the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin links the current political toxicity to the January 6 insurrection incited by Trump.

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