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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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Jun 7, 2022

He enumerated a partial list of reasonable regulations, including a ban on carrying concealed weapons.

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Jun 7, 2022

Gun violence is the No. 1 cause of death of children in the United States of America today.

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Jun 7, 2022

Will we be recorded as such a society that accepts the sacrifice of innocents?

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Jun 6, 2022

We`re going to tell the story of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election and block the transfer of power. Donald Trump and the White House were at the center of these events. That`s the only way really of making sense of…

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Jun 6, 2022

this is just my opinion. This is not the committee’s opinion, just my opinion.

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Jun 6, 2022

The committee has found evidence of concerted planning, in premeditated activity. The idea that all of this was just a routing demonstration that spontaneously got a little bit out of control is absurd. You don`t almost knock over the U.S…

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Jun 5, 2022

The select committee has found evidence about a lot more than incitement here, and we are going to be laying out the evidence about all of the actors who were pivotal to what took place on January 6th. The idea that all of this was just a…

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Jun 5, 2022

The committee has found evidence of concerted planning and premeditated activity. I think that Donald Trump and the White House were at the center of these events. That’s the only way, really, of making sense of them all.

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Jun 5, 2022

We`re going to tell the story of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election and block the transfer of power. Donald Trump and the White House were at the center of these events. That`s the only way really of making sense of…

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Jun 3, 2022

Jamie Raskin say that Donald Trump was a one-man crime wave.

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Jun 3, 2022

This was not a coup directed at the president. It was a coup directed by the president against the Vice President and against the Congress.

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Jun 2, 2022

This is America. And there's no executive privilege here for presidents much less trade advisers to plot coups. The courts aren't buying it and neither are we.

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Jun 2, 2022

Navarro then appears to fall back on the vague assertion that the executive privilege here belongs to former President Trump, which is not only dubious, but entirely irrelevant, because our committee has not been given any attempted…

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May 23, 2022

Everybody's got a legal duty and civic duty to be there. And we have made ourselves perfectly clear that we will hold people in contempt and try to get contempt prosecutions brought against them for violating their legal obligations here.

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May 23, 2022

The situation is far more dire than it even was then as Donald Trump has continued to double down on the big lies and the polemics and the disinformation.

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May 23, 2022

I know there were tons of people who were in movement then and I think there are even many more people in movement now.

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May 23, 2022

We`re very eager to get going with these hearings. You should know that the hearings are going to be about the events of January 6 and the causes thereof.

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May 23, 2022

I think there will be the opportunity for us to have hearings on other aspects of our charge under House Resolution 503 after this cluster of hearings.

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May 18, 2022

As Ms. Mace said, it has meant a setback in terms of kids learning, you know, almost across the board.

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May 18, 2022

Every student, regardless of faith, race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or any other factor deserves to be seen, heard, valued, celebrated, engaged, inspired, empowered, and loved each day.

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May 18, 2022

We need you to pass the Equality Act to make discrimination against LGBTQ people illegal.

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May 18, 2022

Why should our teaching professionals question their own expertise to cater to the most conservative voices in the community?

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May 18, 2022

Book censorship wrecks a healthy environment for free inquiry and learning.

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May 18, 2022

We need you to pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act to protect all students from harassment.

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May 18, 2022

I appreciate the time to speak with you all this morning. Thank you very much.

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