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Nancy Pelosi: “He kept them out of session.”

Featuring: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic | Speaker Emerita, U.S. House California, District 11

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Principals Live with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi

Published | Video Starts at 42:31

January 6 was the assault. That's when we found out that we had won the Senate. But they couldn't get sworn in until the Senate came back into session. He kept them out of session. So when they were sworn in, he said, we can't accept this. And he said, well, leave it at your doorstep. And they said, we will tear it up and throw it away. (42:31–42:34)

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Asserts that Mitch McConnell kept the Senate out of session.

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