On the recordFebruary 2, 2021
You don’t have to know who hit Officer Sicknick in the head with the fire extinguisher to know that Donald Trump failed at those duties.
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msnbc.comSheldon Whitehouse: “You don’t have to know who hit Officer Sicknick in the head with the fire extinguisher to know that Donald Trump failed…”
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Senator Whitehouse asserts that the failure of President Trump to act during the Capitol riot is clear, regardless of specific details.
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