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On the recordJanuary 4, 2022
The attack on January 6 was not a one off. It did not materialize out of the blue. On the contrary, January 6 was a symptom of a much broader illness that has now infected the modern Republican Party. An effort to delegitimize our elections rooted in Donald Trump`s big lie.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Schumer discusses the January 6 attack as part of a larger issue within the Republican Party regarding election legitimacy.

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