Jamie Raskin on surviving tragedy, and his refusal to let America lose its democracy
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In December 2020, Representative Jamie Raskin lost his son. A few days later, he watched in horror as America almost lost its democracy. Rep. Raskin joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:52.2 | Today is the day one year ago when the entire world witnessed a violent attack on Congress |
| 0:59.2 | and the fragility and uncertain future of American democracy was revealed. |
| 1:04.8 | Americans physically attacked their own government. |
| 1:08.9 | Some assaulted police officers, ransacked and defecated in the halls of Congress. |
| 1:15.1 | They temporarily stopped a fundamental democratic process. |
| 1:19.2 | The fair count of legal, certified electoral votes submitted by all 50 states. |
| 1:26.4 | And they did so because, as many have subsequently said in court filings, |
| 1:32.4 | they believed they were called to do so by Donald Trump. |
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