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Markwayne Mullin: “The Biden administration threatened to blackmail [social…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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And it's interesting, when I started talking to social media founders after the, after President Trump was elected, they said, we feel like we can actually do our job again. Why? Because the DOJ wasn't threatening to sue them. The Biden administration threatened to blackmail [social media founders]. them. But yet my colleague from Arizona is saying that we're covering up for the elites. Let's be honest. We know these files have been out there forever. (12:30–12:33)

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