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Al Franken: “I mean, they basically just announced that they`re kind of crazy. I mean, no one can look at that and go that was…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2022
I mean, they basically just announced that they`re kind of crazy. I mean, no one can look at that and go that was legitimate political discourse gouging out the eyes of police which Capitol police they did, police lost their fingers. They had traumatic brain damage. They broke vertebrates. The people who went in there smeared feces on the walls. The American people saw that.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Franken critiques the RNC's stance on the January 6 insurrection.

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