jan 19, 2021 - US Sen Mitch McConnell (R) comments on 1/6 Insurrection: "The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like."

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https://apnews.com/article/mcconnell-trump-fed-lies-to-mob-36871d68df56a10be1c46ed364ad6de6

OUTLET{Associated Press}
TITLE{McConnell: Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol siege, mob was fed lies}
ARCHIVED{https://archive.ph/Abbyt}
DATE{01/19/2021}
AUTHOR{Lisa Mascaro}
AUTHOR{Mary Clare Jalonick}

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