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Jamie Raskin: “We know that there was a one line of attack, which was a violent insurrection, unprecedented in our history, which ended…”

On the recordApril 14, 2022
We know that there was a one line of attack, which was a violent insurrection, unprecedented in our history, which ended up injuring, wounding, hospitalizing more than 150 of our police officers and interrupting the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American history.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Jamie Raskin described the January 6 insurrection and its impact on democracy.

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