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On the recordDecember 18, 2022
January 6, 2021, was the first time one American President refused his constitutional duty to transfer power peacefully to the next.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson highlighted Trump's refusal to accept the election outcome.

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