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On the recordJanuary 20, 2022
We know as he was sitting there in the dining room next to the Oval Office, members of his staff were pleading with him to go on television to tell people to stop. We know members of his family. We know his daughter. We have first-hand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice, to ask him to please stop this violence.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming
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msnbc.com

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Liz Cheney discusses the attempts made by Ivanka Trump to persuade her father, Donald Trump, to stop the violence during the Capitol riot.

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