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A More Perfect Union: Jeffrey Rosen and Ali Velshi on the Founders and the Mob

February 01, 2021

"The whole point of the Constitution is to avoid mob action ... to allow reason rather than passion to prevail."

President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and Ali Velshi of MSNBC kick off our new series, "A More Perfect Union," with a look at mob rule, the founders, and the recent storming of the U.S. Capitol.

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