Raskin noted a wooden gallows that was erected on the nearby grounds and suggested that the rioters, some of whom had chanted "Hang Mike Pence," intended to kidnap the vice president and other leaders and execute them.
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They were unsettled by Barack Obama becoming the nation's first African-American president, he added, and now "have a full blown, independent reality, totally cut apart from the world of facts." Many of the rioters storming the Capitol, Raskin said, were used to a world in which white people were "a comfortable, commanding majority in this country.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi named him lead manager of the House team that will present testimony during Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, similar to the role Raskin played when the president was impeached in 2019 and ultimately acquitted last year. In the midst of grief, Raskin is bringing a certain clarity in outlining societal ills that led to the Capitol being overrun. Tom Cole said Tuesday, during a House Rules Committee hearing. "I wanted to tell Mr Raskin how much we grieve with him for his loss and how much we admire him for continuing to perform his duties under unimaginably difficult circumstances," Oklahoma GOP Rep.
And even as many Republicans fought the Democratic effort to remove Trump, Raskin was praised by the GOP for continuing his work during such a challenging moment. He drew extended applause from his colleagues on the House floor last week just before the insurrection began. With the collision of his personal tragedy and a national trauma, Raskin is emerging as a unique figure in a polarized Congress. "So we have to be very tough, and very strong right now in defending the Constitution and democracy." That is an absolute powder keg in terms of an assault on democracy," Raskin said of the riot in an interview.
"That is the groundwork for fascism, when you add racism, anti-Semitism, conspiracy theory and magical thinking. That left the chamber quickly moving to articles of impeachment, which Raskin also helped draft. Pence ruled out doing that Tuesday night. He authored a House resolution that called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and declare Trump unable to complete his term, which expires next week. Now Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, is leading the effort to remove President Donald Trump from office for inciting the riot. A day later, a violent mob launched a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol that forced the Maryland Democrat and his colleagues to evacuate. Jamie Raskin's 25-year-old son, Tommy, killed himself on New Year's Eve and was buried the following Tuesday.
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