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On the recordDecember 12, 2021
The mob was summoned to Washington by President Trump, and, as many of those involved have admitted on videotape, in social media, and in Federal district court, they were provoked to violence by President Trump's false claims that the election was stolen.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming

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Cheney attributes the Capitol violence to Trump's false election claims.

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