Ray McGuire: Capitol siege a ‘travesty’ compared to ‘peaceful’ racial justice protests

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NYC mayoral candidate and former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire joins 'Influencers with Andy Serwer' to discuss the recent mob that sieged the U.S. capital.

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RAY MCGUIRE: Compare the photographs to when you saw a peaceful protest against eight minutes and 46 seconds of a cold-blooded murder. You saw these protests against George Floyd and that abuse, and the country came together. A collage of the great of this country from all kinds of creeds and colors and religions. Say we don't stand for this. Look at that movement and look at how the Capitol Hill steps were guarded.

Armed militia. And then look at what was an insurgence movement. And there were no guards guarding the steps. None. They broke into our Capitol and threatened our leadership. That's a travesty against justice. That's a travesty against democracy.

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