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Spencer Cox: “Political violence is an attack on our ideals [and] the…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Spencer Cox Wants to Pull Our Politics Back From the Brink | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 32:59

But before that, you talked about political violence and why it was different. And while it was an attack on an individual, it is broader than that. It is an attack on all of us. It Political violence is an attack on our ideals [and] the founding principles of our country. I've had legislators, legislators whose kids have asked them to get out of politics because it's too dangerous. That is the biggest red flag. (32:59–33:03)

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Asserts that political violence undermines national ideals and founding principles.

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