Dick Durbin: “The president's aims are clear. He wants to make the case…”

“Imagine for a moment if Barack Obama or Joe Biden had called for nationalizing an election and told federal agents they could raid private homes without judicial warrants and approval. The president's aims are clear. He wants to make the case for the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him so he can assuage his fragile ego and justify directly interfering in the 2026 and 2028 elections. Republican senators won't speak up, but the American people at the polls will. In the streets of Minneapolis and Chicago and in the halls of the U.S. capitol, we hear their voices.” (07:35–07:51)

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