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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Did the president of the United States acquit his constitutional responsibilities when he sent a mob, an inflamed mob…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2021
Did the president of the United States acquit his constitutional responsibilities when he sent a mob, an inflamed mob, up to the Capitol, for the purpose of their disrupting the orderly counting of the electoral votes?
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Whitehouse questions whether President Trump fulfilled his constitutional duties during the Capitol riot.

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