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Steny Hoyer: “What we saw on January 6 was a rejection of law, a rejection…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Published April 28, 2021 | Video Starts at 17:49

Al Gore said when five people voted to stop the election that he would honor those five people. They were Supreme Court justices, of course. Why? Because we're a nation of laws. What we saw on January 6 was a rejection of law, a rejection of democracy, a rejection of the truth. And we need to get at that. Our Republican friends are suggesting that we look at every demonstration that occurred last year, almost all of which were peaceful. (17:49–17:59)

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