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Patrick Leahy: “The violence on January 6th was simply the latest chapter in this long history of domestic extremism in America.”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
The violence on January 6th was simply the latest chapter in this long history of domestic extremism in America.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy describes the January 6th events as part of a historical pattern of extremism.

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