Raskin’s office said the congressman and his family are “grateful for the outpouring of support and love from neighbors, constituents, and friends” but asked everyone to “observe strict COVID-19 protocols during this time of grief.” The statement did not provide a cause or manner of death. We are devastated and demolished to be without him.” “He passionately loved his family, friends, and animals, and was devoted to the cause of the global poor. “His brilliance and compassion knew no bounds,” the lawmaker and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, said of their son. Thomas Bloom Raskin, a second-year student at Harvard Law School, was remembered as “pure magic” in a statement from his parents. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has died, the congressman’s office said on Thursday. Liz Cheney lambasts primary challenger as ‘beholden’ to Trump during debate Editor: Karen Brenner.NY GOP House contender rips ‘vile’ pro-abortion protest targeting his wifeīiden warns of nationwide abortion ban with GOP midterm win American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals.Tommy's Pantry, Church of the Ascension, Silver Spring, Md.Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol."Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy" by Jamie Raskin (HarperCollins), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available January 4 via Amazon and Indiebound.If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. We are in the fight of our lives to defend American democracy."Īdvice for parents concerned over a child's mental health by "But I'm not gonna see American democracy go down the tubes. "Look, I've already lost my son, the thing most precious to me," said Raskin. He said, "There was a plan, essentially, to set aside the presidential election of 2020, despite the fact that Joe Biden won by more than seven million votes, set it aside and them implant a new presidency."īraver asked, "Given your own personal tragedy, why do you stay in the fight?" Undaunted, Congressman Raskin agreed to serve on the January 6th committee, methodically trying to uncover what he now sees as a plot to stage a coup. "I believed from the beginning, up until the moment when the roll call was called, that we could get 100 votes," Raskin replied. But the Democrats could not get the two-thirds majority they needed to convict.īraver asked, "Did you ever honestly think that impeachment would carry the day?" Trump for "incitement of insurrection," Raskin became the lead House manager in the Senate Trial. Last February, after the House voted to impeach Mr. And then I felt, Rita, like Tommy was in my chest.
The very worst thing that has ever happened me has already happened. "I didn't feel any fear the entire time," Raskin said. Security guards barricading the entrance to the House Chamber raise their weapons against insurrectionists attempting to breach Congress' tallying of the presidential vote, January 6, 2021. Raskin and other members found themselves running through the hallways, trying to find a safe place to shelter. "And at that point it was pandemonium and chaos." In fact, within a few minutes, after a rally where President Trump repeated the "Big Lie" that the election had been stolen from him, Trump supporters were soon storming the Capitol, trying to break into the House chamber. And, for a second, a split-second, I thought, maybe, because of Tommy, the two sides aren't gonna fight tonight. "And I was absolutely overcome with emotion. "Everybody was in a standing ovation," he recalled.
Once the proceedings began, Raskin got up to speak, thanking his colleagues "for all your love and tenderness, which my family will never forget."
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