Spencer Cox: “This is a political assassination.”

“Now this is a dark day for our state. It's a tragic day for our nation. I want to be very clear that This is a political assassination. We are celebrating 250 years of the founding of this great nation. That founding document, the Declaration of Independence, that this great experiment on which we embarked together 250 years ago, that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights.” (01:01–01:05)

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