“If the Republicans disarm, all is well and good. If they refuse to disarm, we shall disarm them ourselves.”

circulated since early 2015, debunked by Snopes in June 2016 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/warren-disarm-them-ourselves/. Resembles the Stalin-attributed "If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
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