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Gary Peters: “It was clear he was sending folks there to try to stop the counting of the votes which in my mind is an insurrection is…”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
It was clear he was sending folks there to try to stop the counting of the votes which in my mind is an insurrection is what he was fostering.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan
Source
msnbc.com

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Senator Peters discusses the role of former President Trump in the events leading up to the January 6 attack.

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