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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.
The very distinguished gentleman from Kentucky purported to speak for what Americans are worried about. Undoubtedly, many Americans are worried about inflation, which is why this administration has been taking strong action not just to get…
I want to talk about some of the other things that Americans are worried about since my colleague purported to speak for Americans because I saw a poll recently saying that Americans are worried about the attack on democracy and voting…
My colleagues tempt me to wander afield from what we have come here to talk about since they want to talk about seemingly everything else. So let me try to respond to a few of the points that have just been lobbed in our direction. First…
Now is a critical moment for Congress to act and introduce Federal anti-SLAPP legislation.
Congress should address this trend, and restore balance, and promote avenues for free expression and assembly.
Well, nobody should be surprised by it because financial crime follows in Donald Trump`s wake.
The Electoral College is an accident waiting to happen, and we have to deal with that at some point in American history, and why not now?
It`s always been a scheme for self-enrichment for him and he converted the government into an instrument of capital gain for him and his family and his friends.
I think we need to take a much broader view about Donald Trump's attack on the entire Electoral College process and the entire democratic process.
Two of the hallmarks of a fascist political party are, one, they don`t accept results of elections that don`t go their way, and two, they embrace political violence.
We want to take a much broader view, I think. I mean, the narrowest thing you could say is, well, the vice president doesn't have the power to unilaterally rebuff Electoral College votes from the state...
The Stalinists are on their side, and they should keep them on that side of the aisle, because our side is fighting for democracy in America.
It was a superb speech that President Biden gave in Philadelphia and he talked about the defense of democracy and the defense of equality.
the cause of America like Tom Paine said really should be the cause of all humanity in terms of promoting democracy and human rights and freedom.
the guy is obviously like a mob boss who wakes up and decides who he`s going to try to rip off or exploit that day.
I think we will become either a country that is equal and free for all citizens, including women, including with the right to travel or as the Republicans want, as Mike Pence has argued for, they will pass a national law banning abortion…
we're paying attention to the protection of American constitutional democracy because for us, that’s the center of the threat that he poses to the republic.
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