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Rubio Opposes McConnell: 1/6 Not a ‘Violent Insurrection’
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Marco Rubio: Jan. 6 Not a 'Violent Insurrection'
By Nicole Wells | Friday, 11 February 2022 04:52 PM
Breaking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's description of Jan. 6, 2021 as a "violent insurrection," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said he thinks the demonstration at the U.S. Capitol is more appropriately called a "riot."
"There was no way they were going to overthrow the government of the United States," Rubio reportedly told NewsNation on Wednesday. "It was a riot. It was a dangerous riot. It was a violent one. It should have never happened, and it should never happen again. But I also do not think people should be misled to think this somehow was on the verge of overthrowing the government."
Newsweek reports that Rubio's comments came a day after McConnell, R-Ky., characterized the siege of the Capitol as an insurrection.
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