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Richard Blumenthal: “It was a violent, unlawful attack on our nation's capital…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 06:10

They are not events. They were a riot, an insurrection, an attack on the Capitol. We were there. We know what it was. It was a violent, unlawful attack on our nation's capital that cost brave members of law enforcement their lives. He purports to stand for law enforcement, and yet he is in favor of a slush fund that in effect rewards those individuals who attack Capitol Police in that insurrection and riot. (06:10–06:19)

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Asserts that the January 6th Capitol attack was violent, unlawful, and resulted in law enforcement deaths.

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