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Jamie Raskin: “It was really only Mike Pence refusing to play ball with the president that he had served in such obsequious way for…”

On the recordApril 22, 2022
It was really only Mike Pence refusing to play ball with the president that he had served in such obsequious way for four years, and the valor and the heroism of the officers who stood between members of Congress and the mob and the insurrectionists that saved us that day.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin highlights the importance of Mike Pence's actions and the bravery of law enforcement during the insurrection.

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