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Mark Pocan: People were trying to pretend they were someone they weren’t. They were trying to circumvent the process and set it up…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2022
People were trying to pretend they were someone they weren’t. They were trying to circumvent the process and set it up so that Mike Pence could say, I can’t count these states, therefore, Donald Trump is president.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
Source
msnbc.com

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Mark Pocan describes the actions of the fake electors as an attempt to undermine the electoral process.

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