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Jamie Raskin: “The basic idea turned on getting Vice President Mike Pence to declare and announce a hitherto unknown and unilateral…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2022
The basic idea turned on getting Vice President Mike Pence to declare and announce a hitherto unknown and unilateral power in the vice presidency, to repudiate electoral votes from specific states.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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msnbc.com

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Raskin explains the plan involving Pence to undermine the electoral process.

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