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Cory Booker: “I can only think of two times in American history that individuals laid siege to our capital, stormed our sacred civic…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2021
I can only think of two times in American history that individuals laid siege to our capital, stormed our sacred civic spaces and tried to over rent on up end and overrun this government, one was in the war of 1812. And the other one was today.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Cory Booker draws a parallel between the storming of the Capitol and historical events, emphasizing the severity of the situation.

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