Read: Scenes from an American insurrection “I asked her to protect them with her life, and she did,” Raskin told me. Tagen stood guard next to the blockaded entrance, clutching a fire iron. A group of rioters repeatedly attempted to enter the room. Raskin’s chief of staff, Julie Tagen, led Tabitha and Hank to an office, where they hid beneath a table while insurrectionists overtook the building. Raskin and the others on the House floor evacuated the building and made their way to a secure location, but spectators had to seek shelter inside the Capitol. Raskin’s mind flashed to Tabitha, 23, who, along with her sister’s husband, Hank, was seated in the second-floor gallery. He and his colleagues were instructed to retrieve their gas masks. Raskin heard what sounded like a battering ram slamming against the door. Minutes later, voices echoed through the Capitol’s marble hallways. On the House floor, Raskin quoted Abraham Lincoln, reminding his fellow lawmakers that they were there to carry out the will of the people, not the orders of one man. Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. The day before, Raskin had buried his 25-year-old son, who on New Year’s Eve left his family a note: Please forgive me. His fingers lingered over a torn black cloth affixed to the lapel of his gray suit jacket. He peered around the room, patting his heart in gratitude. * on Wednesday, he received a bipartisan standing ovation. When Raskin, the congressman from Maryland, rose to address the chamber around 1:45 p.m. Rather than stay home, he proposed another idea: What if she came along? “This is an essential constitutional moment,” he had told her. ET on January 13, 2021.Ī s the mob seized the Capitol, Jamie Raskin thought not of himself, but of his younger daughter, Tabitha, who had asked him not to go to work that day. Perhaps Congress should be looking at Raskin’s mental fitness.ĭo you think Democrats will impeach Trump? Share your thoughts with us below.Updated at 4:22 p.m. With all of that as background, the man had the audacity to ask Tur “When did I say that?” Oh, and he’s also been working on a bill regarding impeachment …Ģ5 House Democrats are now working on the bill to impeach trump, since April, primary sponsor is Rep. “I just know that if I’m going to vote to impeach the man at some point, I would like to be able to look him in the eye on Inauguration Day,” he said during an interview discussing whether or not he would boycott the inauguration. Think that’s bad? Raskin actually was talking impeachment before President Trump ever set foot in the White House. He added, “If he goes into office and he refuses to divest himself, the moment that the first conflict comes up, that’s going to look like an impeachable offense.” In an interview with the Young Turks, Raskin said “Right now it looks pretty obvious that he’s on a collision course with the Emoluments Clause.” In fact, it took him less than one week after Trump’s inauguration to start plotting ways to oust him from office. The rally Tur referred to wasn’t the only example of Raskin calling for the impeachment of President Trump. Shut down => Video: Jamie Raskin Called Out by Katy Tur for Trying to Remove Trump From Office /rNEcvXffZ3 And you opposed Congress’s vote to certify the election result so you definitely don’t want him as president.”
“I want to say this about Donald Trump though I may well be voting to impeach over the next year or two,” she read. Tur wasn’t about to let that slide, reading a transcript from a rally in January of 2017. Raskin responded, “No I think … when did I say that?” “Here’s the thing, Congressman,” Tur said. Tur, who once claimed she was about to “throw up” when she realized Donald Trump was going to be president, called out Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) when he blatantly lied during an interview about his attempts to call for impeachment. You know it has to be a pretty bad lie when MSNBC’s Katy Tur calls you out on it.
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