Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin (born Jamin B. Raskin[1], on December 13, 1962, in Washington, D.C.) is an American U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016. Before his election to Congress, he taught Constitutional law at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.
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Quotes
[edit]- Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn't place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
- Senators! This trial is not about Donald Trump, the country and the world know who Donald Trump is! This trial is about who we are... who we are
- During closing arguments of the second impeachment of Donald Trump February 13, 2021
- “Remember what the mob chanted as they stormed the Capitol and injured our officers? ‘Hang Mike Pence!' Someone should have told Donald Trump that the president’s job under Article II of the Constitution is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not that the vice president is executed!”
- Speech to the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 19, 2024[2]
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ Friends of Jamie Raskin (2006). Biography. Jamie Raskin for State Senate campaign web site. Retrieved on 2006-05-04.[dead link]
- ↑ Sarah Fortinsky (August 2024). Raskin to Vance: ‘They tried to kill your predecessor’. The Hill.
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