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RT @jenmercieca: I explain in detail why it is reasonable to understand Trump's 1/6 speech as war rhetoric here: twitter.com/jenmercieca/status…
RT @jenmercieca: No, it was none of these kinds of speech occasions. If we compare the speech to others of it's kind, we'll see that… https://t.co/my2vNxTy3X
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