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On the recordJune 14, 2021
Why is it when white supremacist terrorists show up here to want to lynch the vice president, to attack the speaker, to attack our democracy, threatening the lives of Members of Congress, really, the lives of just the whole livelihood of our whole country, that no one seemed to want to show up?
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib criticizes the lack of response to the Capitol riot compared to other protests.

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