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Tina Smith: “Just yesterday, the president literally threatened to invoke…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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But they are also hostile and emboldened because they have been told, starting with the vice president, that they have 100% immunity. And as a result, people are getting hurt and even killed. And, of course, Just yesterday, the president literally threatened to invoke the Insurrection act, which amounts to declaring war on the state of Minnesota. I am so grateful to all of you here today who are going to help us tell this story, not only to Minnesota, but to the country. (05:29–05:38)

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Asserts that the president threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against Minnesota.

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