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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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Nov 14, 2022

If they're just making a political calculus at this point, what happens when Donald Trump comes roaring back with the support of his cult-like authoritarian supporters?

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Nov 14, 2022

Regardless of personal or moral perspectives, the Federal prohibition of cannabis is bad public policy.

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Nov 13, 2022

We can reform the Electoral Count Act, passing the legislation that Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney have proposed.

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Nov 13, 2022

In a democracy, the people have the right to the truth.

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Nov 13, 2022

I think we can reform the Electoral Count Act, passing the legislation that Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney have proposed.

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Nov 13, 2022

We're going to continue to fight for social progress. And we're going to fight for the political rights of the people.

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Nov 13, 2022

We have set forth the truth in a series of hearings. And we're going to set forth the truth in our final report.

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Nov 13, 2022

Well, first of all, don't count us out, the way we were counted out from the very beginning in this election.

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Nov 13, 2022

Donald Trump is the problem of the Republican Party, and he may destroy their party.

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Nov 13, 2022

The party of democracy and freedom and progress for the people held. And so we've had a very impressive election.

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Oct 12, 2022

The impact of that tweet was foreseeable and predictable.

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Oct 12, 2022

our Constitution strongly opposes insurrection and rebellion.

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Oct 12, 2022

not just Democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, but Republicans like Vice President Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Whip John Thune, and countless other appointees across the…

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Oct 12, 2022

nothing in law or fact could justify the President's failure to act.

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Oct 12, 2022

The President was still exhorting his supporters at the Ellipse to go 'fight like hell' at 12:50.

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Oct 12, 2022

Trump was telling us that the Vice President, the Congress, and all the injured and wounded cops... got what was coming to us.

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Oct 12, 2022

American democracy belongs to all the American people, not to a single man.

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Oct 12, 2022

As the President watched the bloody attack unfold on Fox News from his dining room, Members of Congress and other Government officials stepped in to the gigantic leadership void created by the President's chilling and studied passivity…

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Sep 30, 2022

The rule of law is an edifice that is populated by real human beings. And so, the character of our judges and the character of the people who get involved in every level of government, local, county, state, federal, is of essential…

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Sep 30, 2022

This was our democracy. This was our government that was under attack. Donald Trump tried to overthrow the election of the people.

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Sep 30, 2022

Look, people have a right to challenge the results of elections. And the way they do it is they go to court.

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Sep 30, 2022

It is amazing that you have someone who`s married to a Supreme Court justice, who is -- you know, continues to promote the big lie.

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Sep 28, 2022

Since 2021, Republicans in Congress have introduced 52 bills to ban or restrict abortion nationwide.

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Sep 28, 2022

The necessary implication is the position that the anti-abortion movement has taken aggressively for decades, which is that there should be a total ban on abortion rights in America without any exception for rape or incest.

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Sep 28, 2022

So essentially these state legislators and all the busybody theocrats in Congress who think they know better than the women of America are going to usurp that very private medical decision for women and for their families.

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