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On the recordOctober 19, 2021
They broke the law, and right now, the Justice Department is prosecuting a number of people. But I assure you, at the end of the day, the public will be shocked to know how close we came to losing our democracy if those insurrectionists had succeeded.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
Source
msnbc.com

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Thompson discusses the legal actions being taken against those involved in the January 6th insurrection and the potential threat to democracy.

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