Impeachment Hero-Rep. Jamie Raskin
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined Bill at the Hill Center DC recently to talk about his role as the Lead House Manager in the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump. He shares his views of the GOP senators he was trying to sway. From Mitch McConnell's' tears to Rand Paul refusing to even look at the video of the insurrection. He also comments on voting rights, gun safety, infrastructure and the personal tragedy of the suicide death of his adult son, Tommy Raskin.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, and welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:10.3 | We all remember how we began this year, glued to the tube and the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, where two things impressed us. |
| 0:18.7 | One, how undeniably guilty Donald Trump was of the single charge of sedition against him. |
| 0:25.6 | Two, what an airtight, compelling case against Donald Trump was presented by the House impeachment managers. |
| 0:33.6 | Together, they were a powerful team, every last one of them, so well-prepared, so articulate, so convincing. |
| 0:41.8 | But no one more so than the lead impeachment manager, Congressman Jamie Raskin. |
| 0:48.2 | A few days ago, I had the honor of interviewing Congressman Raskin about the impeachment trial |
| 0:53.9 | and a whole lot of other |
| 0:55.1 | important issues in a special Zoom program for the Hill Center on Washington's Capitol Hill. |
| 1:02.0 | Now as a special treat, I want to share that interview with Jamie Raskin with you here on the |
| 1:09.2 | bill press pot. |
| 1:10.5 | Congressman, let's start with some sad news of the day. |
| 1:15.6 | The flags of the White House are at half staff again today. |
| 1:19.6 | In memory of victims of a mass shooting, this is the second week in a row, |
| 1:23.6 | last week of us, Atlanta. |
| 1:25.6 | Today it is Boulder, Colorado. After Sandy Hook, after Las |
| 1:29.9 | Vegas, after Charleston, we saw no actions on gun safety. Is there any chance at this time |
| 1:39.2 | will be different? Well, those are the spectacular episodes of mass gun violence. |
| 1:46.5 | But a mass shooting is more than four people, and we have on average more than one a day. |
| 1:55.2 | So in a certain sense, from the perspective of my friends in the GOP and the NRA, this is business |
| 2:02.7 | as usual, you know, and they want the society to get accustomed and conditioned to it. |
| 2:11.1 | They would like people to think that there's something normal about this. |
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