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Nancy Pelosi: “January 6th was an assault on the Capitol, the Congress, the…”

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

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Pelosi Speaks with Jonathan Karl on This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Published | Video Starts at 08:54

And he's trying to convince the American people and his toadies that go along with him are subscribing to that. And that's why we just cannot let that happen. That's what happened that day was horrible. It January 6th was an assault on the Capitol, the Congress, the Constitution. world. It was an assault on the Congress. The day we honored our responsibility under the Constitution to certify the Electoral College, who was elected president. (08:54–09:00)

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Asserts that the events of January 6th were an assault on key democratic institutions.

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