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Sen. Adam Schiff & Dick Durbin Blast Trump for Use of the Insurrection Act

Published | Video Starts at 12:23

Now is the time to speak louder. Now is the time to insist on adherence to the law. Now is the time to push back against even greater abuses of the law, like we would see with the invocation of the Insurrection Act. I thank my colleague for leading this debate. And I yield back. Mr. President. General Kirkwood. Mr. President. (12:23–12:32)

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Asserts that invoking the Insurrection Act would be an abuse of the law.

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