SENATOR RASKIN OF MARYLAND TRIAL

And I also wanted to be able to record my experience leading the team of impeachment managers that went over the Senate in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. 6 violent insurrection and attempted coup at the Capitol to go by without my recording them immediately. And I also didn’t want my new recollection and experience of the Jan. Well, not all of them, but at least the main ones and the ones at the time. I didn’t want any more time to go by without recording all of my memories and my feelings and thoughts about him. Jamie Raskin: Well the book is, I suppose, a love letter to my son Tommy. So I want you to talk just about what it was, what happened to you, what was going on with you in your own heart and mind and consciousness that pushed you to this book after all that happened? And not a week later the attack on the US Capitol when you were inside that building. This book in many ways comes on the heels… I read which you wrote about why and how you wrote this book, on the heels of the tragic death of your son, Tommy, amazing human being. Let me just take a step backwards here for a moment. So it’s almost hard to know where to begin. Marc Steiner: I’ve been looking forward to this too, a lot. Jamie Raskin: Marc, it’s a great pleasure to be with you and I’ve been looking forward to it. And welcome Congressman Jamie Raskin, it’s good to have you with us. And today we explore the deep connections between the loss of his dear son, Tommy, in the fight for the future of this nation.

He’s a friend and I first met him when I was his dad’s student at the Institute for Policy Studies in 1967 and he was a precocious, sweet five year old. And let me just say before I start and introduce you to Jamie Raskin, because I always do when I know somebody a little bit more than just as a guest I’ve never met before, is that Jamie Raskin is someone I have known for a while. It’s amazing how these two stories bend and touch. His work explores the depth for the tragedy and a hope that springs from confronting and wrestling with all of this, the tragedy from the heart from losing someone you love, the tragedy we all face collectively, the threat of losing our democracy, losing our future, our children’s future, to a right-wing, racist mob of authoritarians in our own nation. It’s a book that really touched my heart deeply as a father because he lost his beautiful son who permeates this book with the heart and touches the book deeply and winds his way through the fight to save our democracy. He joins me today to talk about his book, the one that was just published, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy. Today, we’re going to talk with Congressman Jamie Raskin, who many of you know as the impeachment manager for the second impeachment of Donald Trump. I’m Marc Steiner and it’s great to have you all with us once again. Marc Steiner: Welcome to The Marc Steiner Show here on The Real News. Post-Production: Stephen Frank, Dwayne Gladden Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Monday and Thursday on TRNN. Congressman Jamie Raskin has served as the US representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district since 2017. 6 insurrection, and the fight to leave our children a world worth living in. In this segment of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc welcomes Congressman Raskin back on the show for a thoughtful and heartfelt discussion about Raskin’s new book, his son Tommy, the Jan. Seven days later on January 6, Congressman Raskin returned to Congress to help certify the 2020 Presidential election results, when violent insurrectionists led by right wing extremist groups stormed the US Capitol hoping to hand four more years of power to President Donald Trump.” This is the opening description for Congressman Jamie Raskin’s new book, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy. “On December 31, 2020, Tommy Raskin, the only son of Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, tragically took his own life after a long struggle with depression.

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