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David Cicilline: “These attackers stood right where you are. They went on that rostrum. They rifled but through your desks and they…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2021
These attackers stood right where you are. They went on that rostrum. They rifled but through your desks and they desecrated this place and literally the president sat delighted, doing nothing to help us, calling one of you to pressure you to stop the certification. It can't be that the commander in chief can incite a lawless, bloody insurrection and then utterly fail in his duty as commander-in-chief to defend us from the attack, to defend our law enforcement officers from that attack and just get away with it. Donald Trump abdicated his duty to us all. We have to make this right. And you can make it right.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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msnbc.com

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Cicilline argues that President Trump failed in his duty during the Capitol attack and calls for accountability.

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