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Lindsey Graham: “The first thing that stands out to me is how embarrassed and disgusted I am that the United States Capitol could be…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2022
The first thing that stands out to me is how embarrassed and disgusted I am that the United States Capitol could be taken over by domestic terrorists, that a band of people, who are terrorists, not patriots, literally occupied the floor of the House, drove the Senate out of its chamber. And the question for the country is how could that happen 20 years after 9/11?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Lindsey Graham condemns the January 6th insurrection, referring to the insurrectionists as domestic terrorists.

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