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On the recordFebruary 15, 2021
what did not -- what was more important than filling my heart with glee was the sense of mystification that the vice president who had a target on his back, who the president of the United States sent a mob to assassinate still has not made a statement with regard to what happened on January 6th and the involvement of Donald Trump and what that meant and the possibility of what could have happened to our democracy on that day.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett expresses her confusion and disappointment over the Vice President's silence regarding the events of January 6th.

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