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Jamie Raskin

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Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.

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Aug 5, 2023

The Constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and makes that a grievous constitutional offense. Um so our Constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections and trying to overthrow the government.

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Jul 31, 2023

As voter fraud, what is the proper punishment for someone who tries to steal an entire presidential election from the people?

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Jul 31, 2023

this was a massive violation of the voting rights of the people.

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Jul 26, 2023

The COVID-19 cost us nearly a million-and-a-half people in the country.

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Jul 26, 2023

Your religious free exercise rights don't give you the right to opt out of a generally applicable universal secular law.

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Jul 26, 2023

The fentanyl and opioid crisis is a nightmare for America, for our communities, and for our families.

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Jul 26, 2023

I think a bigger question is, did all of the anti-COVID-19 propaganda undermine people's faith in public health?

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Jul 26, 2023

Mr. Chairman, thank you very kindly for the time.

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Jul 26, 2023

Democrats and Republicans should work together to address the underlying causes of addiction in our society.

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Jul 26, 2023

I think my colleague from North Carolina dealt with that.

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Jul 26, 2023

I am proud to say that Congresswoman Mace and I introduced our bipartisan Cannabis Users Restoration of Eligibility Act, or the so-called CURE Act.

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Jul 26, 2023

I think that probably had a lot more to do with undermining people's confidence in public health.

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Jul 26, 2023

Twenty-thousand Mexicans were killed last year. They are killing thousands of people, these syndicates and these cartels, and they are getting their guns from America.

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Jul 26, 2023

I mean, that, of course was, you know, a catastrophe for the idea of due process privacy and liberty interests against government mandates.

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Jul 26, 2023

The purpose of our government is laid out very clearly in the preamble of the Constitution: 'We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the…

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Jul 26, 2023

I mean, when Donald Trump urged everybody to get hydroxychloroquine or floated the idea of just injecting yourself with bleach...

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Jul 18, 2023

No one deserves that. It is abuse. It is abusive.

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Jul 18, 2023

If Republicans truly want to get to the facts here... let us hear from Mr. Weiss.

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Jul 18, 2023

this Inspector Clouseau style quest for something that does not exist has turned our Committee into a theater of the absurd.

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Jul 18, 2023

Republican efforts to use the term 'two-tiered justice' is to distract from those who are truly the victims...

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Jul 18, 2023

the Majority's long-promised star witness turns out to be a fugitive from American justice, an arms trafficker indicted on eight Federal criminal felony counts.

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Jul 18, 2023

I stand by what I wrote and wish to expand on what this means.

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Jul 18, 2023

the real criminal and the actual threat to our democratic institutions is Donald Trump: the man found legally liable for sexual abuse

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