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Liz Cheney: “President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.”

On the recordJune 11, 2022
President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Liz Cheney describes Trump's role in inciting the January 6th attack.

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