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Raskin tragedy5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a coup directed by the president against the vice president, and against Congress,” he said. “This was not a coup directed at the president. Raskin added that the “scariest” ring of influence during the insurrection was the group of ringleaders of what he termed the “coup” and described as an insider-led organized effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “The hearings will tell a story that will really blow the roof off the House,” he said, “because it is a story of the most heinous and dastardly political offense ever organized by a president and his followers and his entourage in the history of the United States.” RELATED: Scholars, activists brief lawmakers on role of Christian nationalism at insurrection Noting how Raskin lost his son to suicide days before the insurrection, Wallis, who also founded the liberal-leaning Christian group Sojourners, described the congressman as a “loving father, a patriot in sunshine and stormy weather, and a champion in the fight for democracy that now lies ahead for all of us.”Īsked about the ongoing work of the select committee, Raskin encouraged attendees to listen to hearings on Jan. 6, 2021, made the comments during an April 21 event at Georgetown University titled “Truth and Trauma: The Trials of American Democracy and Personal Tragedy.” The nearly two-hour wide-ranging discussion was moderated by Jim Wallis, head of the university’s Center on Faith and Justice, which hosted the event. ![]() Raskin, who sits on the select House committee investigating the insurrection that took place on Jan. Jamie Raskin expressed concerns on Thursday about needing to “deprogram” some Republican House colleagues he described as acting like “members of a religious cult,” and singled out “white Christian nationalist groups” among those who participated in the attack on the U.S. WASHINGTON (RNS) - Maryland Democrat Rep. ![]()
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