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Yvette Clarke: If people are convinced that an election result is illegitimate--no matter how baseless that claim may be--we have seen…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
If people are convinced that an election result is illegitimate--no matter how baseless that claim may be--we have seen first-hand the violence it can produce.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Warns about the dangers of believing in illegitimate election results.

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