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On the recordJanuary 12, 2021
I thank the Vice President for his excellent leadership, for his professionalism, and, frankly, for his faithfulness to our Constitution. Not only would it be an abuse of the 25th Amendment for Mike Pence to invoke it to make a political statement, it is clearly not our role in Congress to do what we are doing here tonight or what is proposed to be done by the majority. Speaker Pelosi claims that President Trump incited the mob that attacked the Capitol at a rally. As Mr. McClintock spoke earlier, he read the President's statement. He encouraged people to come peaceably and patriotically. The Washington Post is reporting something that I would hope that our chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence would know about. The FBI report warned of war at the Capitol the day before the attack on our Capitol. I am curious how someone proposes that the President incited the mob at a rally the day before the rally. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the article. [From The Washington Post, Jan.…
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Warren Davidson
Republican · Ohio
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Jan 12, 2021

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