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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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Sep 24, 2021

It’s got to make you laugh because he doesn’t have an executive privilege because he’s a former president. I know he thinks he’s the president but he’s not.

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Sep 24, 2021

Donald Trump has basically hijacked the entire Republican Party and they`re busily trying to get rid of anybody who won`t kowtow to him like a religious cult leader.

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Sep 24, 2021

If you read the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. versus Nixon back in 1974, Justice Burger said basically what you’re balancing is the public’s overwhelming interest in the truth versus cases dealing with national security.

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Sep 24, 2021

If any of these people think that they`re somehow going to escape undetected, they`ve got something else coming.

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Sep 23, 2021

It should be considered not only a duty for anyone who`s got information about the violent attack, an insurrection on America on January 6, to turn over that information. It should be considered an honor. It should be considered a…

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Sep 23, 2021

The public health of America was in hands of people like this.

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Sep 21, 2021

The very first payment under the Child Tax Credit plan we passed lifted 6 million kids out of poverty in the country.

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Sep 21, 2021

The American Rescue Plan and the Child Tax Credit have already made a tremendous difference in the lives of millions of American kids and their families.

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Sep 21, 2021

The vaccine is saving people's lives. So this is a life-and-death matter.

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Sep 21, 2021

I agree with Doug Holtz-Eakin, who said essentially that any serious long-term growth strategy has to involve education.

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Sep 9, 2021

So, at this point, I hope (AUDIO GAP) overly partisan, Chris, but we`ve got a party of democracy in America and we`ve got a party of insurrection.

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Sep 9, 2021

What is their interest in trying to impede a congressional investigation, which of course is illegal anyway, but why? What is it they`re covering up?

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Sep 9, 2021

We would expect documents to be flowing in all the way up until midnight through electronic transmission.

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Aug 22, 2021

The committee is not tipping its hand right now that's a logical first place to look in terms of the information that they'll be in search of.

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Aug 15, 2021

No courts have ever found that there was either a constitutional or a statutory problem with the kinds of changes.

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Aug 9, 2021

The President said, well, Kevin, I guess these people, meaning the mobsters, the insurrectionists, are more upset about the election than you are.

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Jul 29, 2021

While Congressional leaders of both parties were calling the president and begging him to call off the dogs and to do something to help, he just continued to escalate the political pressure on Mike Pence.

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Jul 29, 2021

Congresswoman Cheney said at our very first meeting that she wanted a minute-by-minute account of everything that was taking place in the White House during the attack.

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Jul 29, 2021

The House already impeached the former president for inciting violent insurrection. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict him.

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Jul 29, 2021

I just can’t take the lying anymore. And I don’t want to be party to propaganda and disinformation and the suppression of the truth.

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Jul 29, 2021

Did you watch the testimony of the Capitol officers who defended our lives on January 6, or did you not? It`s a yes or no question.

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Jul 29, 2021

Those who attacked you and those who beat you are fascist traitors to our country and will be remembered forever as fascist traitors.

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Jul 28, 2021

Do you think that what they experienced was an attack by tourists or terrorists or violent insurrectionist?

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Jul 28, 2021

We have got to overcome that urge to exclude people from voting.

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