March 28, 2024

Raskin: ‘Insurrectionist Philosophy’ Is Spreading Within the Republican Party

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that an “insurrectionist philosophy” had spread within the Republican Party. Discussing members of the Proud Boys being found guilty of seditious conspiracy, Raskin said, “There were definite intermediaries of Roger Stone was clearly one of them, and there were other people who were operating either

Raskin: Electoral College ‘Has Become a Danger’ to Democracy and the American People

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the electoral college “has become a danger not just to democracy, but to the American people.” Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: This is an incredible body of work, all coming to this conclusion now, what do you think Americans at home need

Dem Rep. Raskin: We Don’t Want to Turn the Biden Docs Case into ‘Political Football’

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents should not be turned into a “political football.” Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Comer raises an interesting question, why the president’s lawyers, which do not have security clearance, is doing the searching at the Penn Biden center

The Electoral College is hazardous to democracy, Raskin says

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said it is about time Americans elect presidents the same way they elect other public officials. | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. Jamie Raskin said Sunday the Electoral College “has become a danger” to American democracy. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the Maryland Democrat said: “I think that the Electoral

Jamie Raskin announces cancer diagnosis

Jamie Raskin said he was diagnosed after “several days of tests” and would “embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis” at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Rep. Jamie Raskin announced on Wednesday that he’d been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, “a serious but curable form of cancer.” “With

Jamie Raskin Dodges Question on How ‘Inflation Reduction’ Act Reduces Inflation

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) dodged a question recently on how the Inflation Reduction Act would reduce inflation, as multiple studies have found that it would do little to nothing to reduce inflation. One reporter asked Raskin, “What parts of the bill do you think will put to work on [lowering inflation] specifically?” “What parts of…

Raskin: ‘Insurrection’ Was ‘Most Serious Presidential Crime in the History of the United States’

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the riot on January 6 at the Capitol was the “most serious presidential crime in the history of the United States of America.” Jamie Raskin said, “Well, the Constitution talks about conviction removal and disqualifications from holding further public office.…

Source: