Who?
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) — former select Jan. 6 committee member
LISTEN: Laslo & Raskin
Ask a Pol asks:
Are you worried about the redux of Bush v. Gore-like constitutional crisis after the 2024 election?
Key Raskin:
“The Democrats have two main objectives, and one is to go out and win the election and the second is to defend the election,” Rep. Jamie Raskin exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
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Caught our ear:
“We understand that Donald Trump thinks he's on a winning streak in the Supreme Court,” Raskin tells us. “Undoubtedly, he thinks that the Supreme Court will save him from the fact that he doesn't have anything remotely resembling a real presidential campaign.”
Interview first included in Matt Laslo’s Raw Story feature, “Dems fear Mike Johnson has laid the groundwork for a nightmare scenario on Jan. 6, 2025”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), slightly edited for clarity.
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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jamie Raskin
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo runs into Rep. Jamie Raskin on the steps of the Capitol after he cast one of his last votes ahead of November’s elections.
Matt Laslo: “Are you worried about a return of Bush v. Gore, or Bush v. Gore redux?”
Jamie Raskin: “I mean, you know, Democrats have two main objectives, and one is to go out and win the election and the second is to defend the election.”
ML: “Uh-huh?”
JR: “And we understand that Donald Trump thinks he's on a winning streak in the Supreme Court — the justices he named overturned abortion rights in Roe v. Wade. They pulled a rabbit out of a hat and invented a new doctrine of presidential immunity from prosecution. And undoubtedly, he thinks that the Supreme Court will save him from the fact that he doesn't have anything remotely resembling a real presidential campaign.”
A few reporters had been waiting in the wings for Laslo to finish interviewing Raskin.
ML: “I’ll leave you to my colleagues.”
Reporter: “Mr. Raskin!”
ML: “Thank you, sir.”
Andrey Beregovskiy contributed to this report.
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