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Joe Manchin: “January 6 changed me and I was very clear with everybody. I never thought in my life, I never read in history books, to…”

On the recordApril 7, 2021
January 6 changed me and I was very clear with everybody. I never thought in my life, I never read in history books, to where our form of government had been attacked at our seat of government, which is Washington D.C., our Capitol by our own people.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Senator Manchin reflects on how the January 6 insurrection has influenced his political views.

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