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Trump Immediately Responds to Jan. 6 Committee Report Blaming Him for Riots

PREDICTABLE

Trump attempted to deflect blame onto Nancy Pelosi for failing to call in “troops”—and doubled down on his false claims of election fraud.

Brett Bachman
Brett Bachman 

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Brett Bachman

Brett Bachman

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