"This Was a Coup." With Rep. Jamie Raskin
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🗓️ 22 February 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Congressman Jamie Raskin was inside the Capitol, with family, on January 6th. On January 5th he had buried his 25-year-old beloved son who had killed himself to escape a crippling depression. On January 12th, Raskin was named Lead Impeachment Manager for the second Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump. That eventful January is the subject of his New York Times Bestseller, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy. In his interview with Bill, he shares his thoughts and emotions about the death of his son, the coup and the inside story of the Impeachment Trial. Plus he hints at just what the January 6th Committee knows about the Trump-organized coup attempt.
Links discussed during the podcast:
The book: Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy.
American Friends Service Committee AFSC.org
Pro-Democracy Podcast Coalition: Represent.US/podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, welcome back. Good to have you with us on this latest edition of the Bill |
| 0:12.1 | Press Pod with a very special guest today. Well, we all remember the phenomenal job done by |
| 0:19.5 | Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead manager |
| 0:21.5 | for House Democrats in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. |
| 0:26.4 | Now, Congressman Raskin is back with a New York Times best-selling book called Unthinkable. |
| 0:33.9 | It's a powerful book on three levels. |
| 0:36.4 | First, the story of what it was like on the House floor on January 6th, when an armed mob of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol. |
| 0:46.2 | Second, the inside story of how House managers honed their arguments of preparation for the impeachment trial |
| 0:53.5 | and how they proved their case, |
| 0:56.4 | even though only seven Republican senators voted to convict. And third, a love letter by Congressman |
| 1:03.8 | Raskin to his wonderful son, Tommy, who tragically ended his life by suicide on December 30, 2020, but whose words and examples guided |
| 1:15.0 | Congressman Raskin every step of the way. |
| 1:20.2 | Congressman Raskin, welcome back to the Bill Press spot. |
| 1:23.2 | It's good to connect with you again. |
| 1:24.5 | Well, it's great to be with you, Bill. |
| 1:26.7 | Thank you so much, Congressman, |
| 1:27.8 | and I have to congratulate you on your wonderful new book, Unthinkable, which I found so |
| 1:35.0 | powerful on, so powerful on three levels. One, a really gripping account of what happened on |
| 1:42.1 | January 6, two, the really inside story of the second |
| 1:47.6 | impeachment trial, and three, a beautiful tribute to your amazing son, Tommy. I'd like to ask you |
| 1:55.5 | about each of those, Congressman, if I may, each of those areas. Let's start with January 6. Some people are calling what happened, |
| 2:03.5 | of course, a typical tourist visit dismissing it as that. You tell us in your book, and we know from |
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