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Jamie Raskin: “When Donald Trump sent out his tweet, he became the first President ever to call for a crowd to descend on the Capital…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2022
When Donald Trump sent out his tweet, he became the first President ever to call for a crowd to descend on the Capital City to block the constitutional transfer of power.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses Trump's unprecedented call for a crowd to disrupt the transfer of power.

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