Speaker 1: I want to play a clip for you guys today, which I believe is a perfect example
of how Democrats should be dealing with these neo reactionary Republicans in the House of
Representatives and in the Senate. You know what? One of the conversations we've had over
the last few years is that even though the right has absolutely no minimum standard whatsoever for
what they want, what they won't do, what they're not willing to do. We on the left shouldn't sink
to their level in the sense of telling straight up lies, fabricating imaginary social issues,
employing horrifying double standards of personal attacks, all of these different things. But what
Democrats should appeal to is the public's sort of sense of justice and emotions in order to get
them to understand the stakes of so many things. This is really one for the ages. Congressman Jamie
Raskin, a Democrat who I'm a fan of, I like Jamie Raskin. I've talked about him before.
He ripped Marjorie Taylor GREENE to shreds after during a floor debate supposedly about
Ukraine. It's supposedly about the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin. She said
nothing about it. She instead talked about the southern border and made a whole bunch of other
completely fact free claims. And Jamie Raskin takes her to task. And I wish more Democrats
in the House day in and day out, spoke about their extremist Republican colleagues
in this way, maybe it could help them hold the House in November. Take a look at this tact.
Speaker 3: It's a shame. It's a tragedy. I yield back the remainder of reserve.
Speaker 4: Gentleman, gentleman's time has expired. Gentleman from Pennsylvania
reserves. Gentleman from Maryland's recognized. Mr. Speaker, the United States
of America just witnessed. Witnessed the most astonishing spectacle. We are here to debate.
Aid to the people of Ukraine, defending themselves against a massive invasion
by Vladimir Putin and his army. Right. Then the minority puts up the distinguished gentlelady
from Georgia who does not mention Ukraine once. Speaker 1: And by the way, yes, I believe his
use of the term distinguished gentlelady about Marjorie Taylor GREENE. I believe it.
It's tongue in cheek. Speaker 4: She does not mention
the thousands of Ukrainian civilians who've been slaughtered by Putin's army. She does not mention
more than 100 Ukrainian children who've been shot and killed by the Ukrainian army. Instead,
she talks about a massive invasion at the border, a massive invasion which their own speakers have
said today. Hundreds of thousands of people have been apprehended in. That's very different from a
military invasion. The one in Ukraine, of course, the general lady's not going to talk about that.
She had a lot to say the other day when she heckled me continuously. When I came to the floor,
it was like the Rocky Horror Picture Show in here with her chanting about the Russia hoax and Russia
this and Russia that. Now, she had the opportunity to tell the world what her views about Russia are.
I put them out there exactly what she has said. She said that the aid that the taxpayers of
America are sending to the people of Ukraine to defend themselves against Vladimir Putin and the
Russian army falls into the hands of Nazis. I want to see your proof. Where's your evidence?
She talks about neo-Nazis. Does my minority believe that our allies in NAITO
who are trying to defend the people of Ukraine are Nazis? Has it come to this?
General lady talked about a massive invasion. We had a massive invasion
of our own chamber, and she continued to be a cheerleader for the insurrection.
Speaker 1: This is exactly why I keep talking about Jamie Raskin as someone that I would support
for president, of course, depending on who else is running and depending on what his platform would
be. But in principle, someone I would support for president. He's a constitutional law professor. He
actually knows the Constitution. Marjorie Taylor GREENE loves to talk about the Constitution.
Madison Cawthorn loves to claim that he's defending the Constitution. They don't know a damn
thing about it. This is actually a constitutional law professor. Raskin was a strong progressive
activist when he was in the Maryland Senate. He actually worked with Republicans and moderate
Democrats and got things done. He sponsored bills to get rid of the death penalty in Maryland,
to establish legal guidelines for corporations to prevent them from raping and pillaging the
resources of the state for their gain. He worked he was on the he was actually a board member of
FairVote, which is an interesting organization. He sponsored the first bill in the country for the
national popular vote. I've talked about so much, which would be a way to get rid of the Electoral
College without actually having to change the Constitution. He has this law, marijuana reform,
all these different things. This is what has to be done. We need a guy like Raskin. Talking
about them as the extremists that they are wanting everybody to have. Health care is not
the left equivalent of supporting a coup. They have nothing to do with each other. And the level
of extremism that we are seeing from the right requires and demands people like Raskin, who can
speak in this way. Now, Raskin's not the only guy I've talked about, other people I like as well.
But Democrats need to be talking like this more frequently, and I'm glad to see him do it.