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Madeleine Dean: “But for Donald Trump, we would not have had an insurrection at the Capitol. He fed the lies for months and months and…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2021
But for Donald Trump, we would not have had an insurrection at the Capitol. He fed the lies for months and months and months and then after the election, when it was so clear that he had lost, he continued the lies.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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msnbc.com

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Madeleine Dean discusses Donald Trump's role in inciting the Capitol insurrection.

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