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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

Inside the Resistance 2.0 | Rep. Jamie Raskin

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

Government, Politics, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Where is the Democratic “resistance” for Trump’s second term? Chief Playbook Correspondent Eugene Daniels asks Rep. Jamie Raskin, a longtime nemesis of President Trump’s and the current House Judiciary Committee ranking member, why the Democrats have been slow to counter the president’s aggressive governing, and what the plan is going forward to rebuild the party and its message. Eugene Daniels is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO. Rep. Jamie Raskin is the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We're in like a Super Bowl-style fight right now.

0:03.6

The real fork in the road is between-

0:06.4

Are Democrats, the Kansas City Chiefs in this scenario?

0:08.7

No, we're the commanders.

0:09.7

We're gonna win next year.

0:10.7

So, look, the fork in the road is between democracy and autocracy.

0:18.4

That's the real fight.

0:19.7

Where's the real fight.

0:27.4

Where's the resistance? Have any of y'all seen it? It's a serious question. I know many of y'all feel this way, that the Democrats look a lot like they got caught off guard by President

0:32.6

Donald Trump. Trump's been dismantling agencies, firing federal workers, and trying to impound the

0:39.0

congressionally appropriated funds.

0:41.6

And Democrats, well, they've been giving a lot of speeches.

0:45.6

Now, some of this is about how power works in Washington, and Democrats don't have much

0:50.6

of it, or really any of it.

0:52.9

But some of it is about planning, organizing, and messaging in a way that makes voters want to

0:58.1

choose your side and doing that day in, day out, until you win back power.

1:03.6

A key player in finding the right way to do that is Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking

1:08.7

Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and a long-time

1:12.0

legal legal for his congressional colleagues. Raskin is no stranger to sparring with Trump. He was a floor

1:18.4

manager during the president's second impeachment in the first term, and earlier this week,

1:23.7

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed him to the Democrats' rapid response

1:28.2

and litigation working group, where he'll be helping lead the Dem strategy to slow down Trump

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