Congressman Jamie Raskin Talks "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy"

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🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Congressman Jamie Raskin Talks "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy"

CPF Director Bob Shrum joins Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to discuss the latest in the House select committee hearings investigating the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill, the importance of bipartisan cooperation, and the legacy of his late son and father.

Featuring:
Bob Shrum - Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

Jamie Raskin - U.S. Representative (D-MD); Author, "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy"

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations. Welcome to this edition of
0:31.7	the bully pulpit from the USC Dornside Center for the Political Future. I'm Bob Shrum, the director of the center and the
0:37.9	Warsaw Chair in Practical Politics. We're honored today to have as our guest, Representative
0:43.6	Jamie Raspin. He represents Maryland's eighth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
0:49.6	He's a member of the January 6th Committee. Prior to his time in Congress, he was a three-term state
0:55.6	senator in Maryland, a professor of constitutional law at American University's Washington
1:00.8	College of Law for more than 25 years. He recently published his fifth book, a powerful and
1:07.3	best-selling story that is profoundly personal and profoundly insightful about conditions in our country
1:14.8	today. The title is unthinkable. Trauma, truth, and the trials of American democracy. Let me introduce
1:22.4	Representative Jamie Raskin and tell them how happy we are to have you here with us today.
1:27.4	Well, thank you, Bob. I'm just delighted you here with us today. Well, thank you,
1:27.9	Bob. I'm just delighted to be with you guys. Well, thanks. I'm going to start with a question about
1:33.8	the book, a personal question, because the book is profoundly personal. You write movingly and lovingly
1:40.1	about the loss of your late son, Tommy Raskin. You lost him not long before January 6th.
1:47.0	How did you maintain the resilience and leadership to then play the part you did in defending
1:55.5	an American democracy when it seemed to be under real attack?
2:00.7	Well, we lost Tommy on the last day of 2020,
2:04.8	and it was a profound catastrophe for our family,
2:10.1	a devastating thing.
2:11.9	And our daughters came back home to be with Sarah and me.
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