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Rep. Mancy Mace, R-SC, tells @MorningEdition she supported Trump but knows Biden won and Congress shouldn’t re-litigate. Now a target of violence. “The American people were lied to, his followers were lied to... people believed that Congress could usurp the...Electoral College.”
“I had my swearing in on Sunday. I'm a single mom. I brought my two children up... But I put my kids on the first plane home on Monday because [of] the rhetoric I was hearing...
“My life has been threatened... I was accosted Tuesday night on a street in D.C. This is not OK.”
*Nancy Mace
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