- Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Sunday that he “will not lose my son by the end of 2020 and lose my country and my republic in 2021” as he reflects on the recent death of his 25-year-old son, Tommy. , and his own role as chief executive officer in President Donald Trump’s second indictment.
- On CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper, Raskin said that the memory of his son drove him to accept the house’s request, Nancy Pelosi, to become an indictment manager.
- “I really did it with my son in my heart and helping to lead the way,” Raskin said. “I feel him in my chest.”
- Raskin calls the January 6 Capitol riots “the most dangerous crime by a president ever committed against the United States.”
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Maryland Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin said Sunday that he “will not lose my son by the end of 2020 and will lose my country and my republic in 2021” as he reflects on the recent death of his 25-year-old son. , Tommy, and his own role as General Manager of the House in President Donald Trump’s second indictment.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper, Raskin expressed how the memory of Tommy, a graduate of Amherst College and a student at Harvard Law School, who passed away on December 31, drove him to the request of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to accept an indictment manager during such a personal tragedy.
“I really did it with my son in my heart and helping to lead the way,” Raskin said. “I feel him in my chest.”
On January 14, Trump is charged by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives with “inciting the uprising” of the January 6 riots, making him the only president in U.S. history to be charged twice.
Read more: Mitch McConnell tells GOP senators that their decision on a conviction for Trump is a “vote of conscience.”
Raskin, who was present in the Capitol with his youngest daughter and son-in-law during the attacks, must have followed up on what was the most important burglary on the building since 1814. Even during the disturbing attack, which resulted in five deaths, the spirit of his son led him.
“When we went to count the votes of the Electoral College, and it came under the ridiculous attack, I felt my son with me,” he said.
A gripping medium post written by Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, highlights the trajectory of their son’s far too short but extremely successful life. They spoke lovingly of his innate spirit.
“Tommy Raskin had a perfect heart, a perfect soul, a rebellious and incessant sense of humor and a brilliant mind,” they wrote. “Later in his twenties he began to be tormented by a blindingly painful and merciless disease called depression, a kind of relentless torture in his brain.”
The congressman, who for many years presented law at the American University, highlighted the dangers of the January 6 riots and their impact on democracy.
“I am not going to lose my son by the end of 2020 and lose my country and my republic in 2021,” he said. “It’s not going to happen.”
He stressed: “This was the most serious presidential crime in the history of the United States of America – the most dangerous crime ever committed by a president against the United States. There are Republicans who recognize it, as well as Democrats.”
The House vote for Trump’s second indictment included the support of ten GOP lawmakers, including Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, the Republican no. 3 in the conference.
Raskin has promised House Democrats to send the indictment to the Senate in a timely manner, which will lead to Trump facing a Senate trial.
“We do not have a minute left,” he said. “He is a clear and present danger to the people.”
He added: ‘We are compiling a pilot plan, designed to make the truth of all these events a reality. We are going to be able to tell the story of this attack on America and all the events that led to it. ‘