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Al Franken: “I mean, at one point in the speech, he said that, well, you know, incitement is a legal term but there’s no doubt that…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2021
I mean, at one point in the speech, he said that, well, you know, incitement is a legal term but there’s no doubt that he provoked this.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

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Franken reflects on Mitch McConnell's statements regarding Trump's incitement.

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