Jamie Raskin
@jamie_raskin
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Congressman representing #MD08. Training young organizers with @natldemsummer. My official House of Representatives account is @RepRaskin.
Maryland’s 8th District
Joined April 2012
Trump’s reckless pardons for anti-abortion activists have emboldened extremists and caused a sharp rise in threats against health clinics. The GOP’s war on reproductive rights and refusal to condemn political violence are endangering the lives of women all across America.
Trump’s decision to pardon anti-abortion activists and a Justice Department memo declining to fully enforce the FACE Act has left abortion clinics terrified that they’ll be the target of violence.
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America’s a great country because waves of immigrants came looking for a better life. That’s how Elon Musk arrived here. Even though he went from a lawful J-1 student status to being an undocumented person working illegally, we never deported him. America has a big heart.
Educators are navigating an information bedlam as ICE arrests across the country have triggered heightened fear among the youngest generations and their families.
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The richest man in the world, never elected to anything, is violating the law every day to control our critical public infrastructures. This has no democratic legitimacy. We don’t have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk and we don’t need one.
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Congratulations to our great new DNC Chair, @KenMartin73! Ken is a bold leader schooled in the Wellstone organizing tradition and a champion of strong democracy and economic progress for all.
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Over 16 million jobs created in the past four years—more jobs than any administration has created in a single presidential term. @JoeBiden and Democrats delivered historic opportunity and change for the American people with a worker-focused economic strategy.
The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Biden's presidency. There have been more jobs gained under Biden's term than under the full terms of former Presidents Trump, Obama, or George W. Bush. Biden is now at +16.1 million.
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Lincoln’s party of “liberty and Union” is now Trump’s cult of chaos and disunion. While MAGA nativists fight billionaire broligarchs for control, Democrats stand united in the fight to defend democracy, freedom and progress for our people.
.@jamie_raskin is right: We are going to hold House Republicans accountable for their chaos and dysfunction.
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It would be a staggering event in the Republic for a President to pardon more than 1,000 criminal convicts who were in jail for having participated in an insurrection against the government which the President had incited.
Flag: Trump says he'll be making "major pardons" when asked about convicted Jan. 6 rioters.
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If that happens, the public should demand a full accounting of how each one of the pardoned rioters has shown contrition and repentance and no longer poses a threat to public safety.
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Today Democrats placed constitutional patriotism ahead of party power and voted to certify the results of the 2024 election. This is what Democrats do. We uphold the Constitution and stand up for the results of free and fair elections, even when they don’t go our way.
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On this solemn anniversary, I remain grateful for the heroic officers who fought to defend Congress against Trump's mob; the political leaders—both Democrats and Republicans—who refused to cave in to tyranny; and every American defending democracy and freedom in our time.
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Though I feel great sadness for what we lost on Jan 6, 2021, I also feel great resolve for America and for the cause of democratic freedom in the 119th Congress. This is our country, and I'm going to fight alongside all of you to defend it every day.
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We are in the fight of our lives against American oligarchs who are already plunging our government into chaos to promote tax cuts for the wealthy and budget cuts for everyone else. Democrats are working to salvage the public good out of the GOP madness.
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Shhh… Jamie doesn’t know we’re posting this, but today is his birthday and Team Raskin wants to do something special! Comment below with a haiku about Jamie, and we’ll share them with him at his big birthday Zoom celebration on Wednesday, 12/18. 🎉 He loves haiku! -Team Raskin.
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Thx to all my true-blue friends and Democracy Summer alumni who joined me this weekend to kick off our holiday season at the MoCo Thanksgiving Parade and Team Raskin Gratitude Brunch! Sending thanks to all for your amazing hard work in this tough 2024 election year.
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Thank you, @KamalaHarris, for running a powerful and soaring campaign to defend our democracy, freedom and progress. Your leadership sparkles like a diamond. Thank you to tens of thousands of true-blue volunteers who organized a remarkable ground game across America.
My heart is full today—full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me, full of love for our country, and full of resolve.
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Today Marylanders voted to inscribe reproductive freedom as a fundamental right in our state Constitution. Proud of our people for acting as a beacon of hope in the arduous fight for personal freedom and reproductive healthcare. The Free State will always fight for freedom.
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I’m thrilled to congratulate my wonderful friend @AlsobrooksForMD on her sweeping and impressive victory to become our next U.S. Senator from Maryland. I look forward to working with her every day for strong democracy, freedom and great progress for our people.
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My gratitude to the people of Maryland’s 8th District for your generous support, solidarity and activism over the course of this extraordinary and historic campaign. I’m honored by your friendship and humbled to get the chance to serve you once more in the people’s House.
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