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Chuck Schumer: “The kind of rhetoric that we hear some in the hard right…”

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Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Schumer Discuss Senator Lee's Response to Violence-Related Tweets

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In augmentation of what Amy said. The increase in violence, threats of violence against members, didn't happen by accident. It happened because of the coarseness of the debate. But beyond that, The kind of rhetoric that we hear some in the hard right use, which at least some people think gives them a permission structure to do very evil things. (01:29–01:40)

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Asserts that rhetoric from some on the hard right is perceived as giving permission for evil actions.

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