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On the recordJune 5, 2022
We know, as he was sitting there in the dining room next to 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 firsthand 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
Source
msnbc.com

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Liz Cheney discusses the pleas made to Donald Trump by his staff and family to stop the violence during the January 6th insurrection.

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