it s not because of his smashing good looks, though he has that to recommend him as well. it s because he has deep and abiding moral convictions and he is fighting the trump administration every step along the way, ensuring that our democratic values remain safe. (audience applauding) jamie raskin: thank you, tommy. thank you. (audience cheering) all right. (audience cheering) (audience cheering and whistling) thank you 8th congressional district! thank you for the honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all. (audience cheering) it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we were gonna have the chance to investigate a lot of the corruption and misfeasance of the trump administration.
american carnage was not what he was running against, it s what he was running for. (audience applauding) (audience applauding) reporter: we can now officially project that the democrats will take control of the house. reporter: now, for the first time, donald trump will have an effective opposition party that will be able to thwart his agenda. crowd: jamie! jamie! jamie! jamie! jamie! jamie raskin: thank you! crowd: jamie! jamie! jamie raskin: all right. our next speakers are very special people, if you guys would listen up for a second. just pay attention for one second. i m bringing on two of my three kids, who are gonna introduce me so i can make my speech. please welcome tommy raskin and tabitha raskin tonight. come on up!
woman: why don t you stop. president trump: mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities. rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape. and the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. (audience applauding) jamie raskin: when donald trump talked about american carnage in his first inaugural address, it was a pivotal moment because american carnage, of course, was not a description of anything, it was really a promise on his part. when i saw the violence on january 6, i thought about the american carnage speech. he had foreshadowed the whole thing.
tommy raskin: good evening, everybody. (audience cheering) i m tommy raskin. tabitha raskin: i m tabitha raskin. (audience cheering) so, if the best representative is the one who works the hardest and who is the most committed, then your representative, my dad, is the best. (audience applauding) tommy raskin: my father first ran for office when i was 10. and since that time, i ve kept an informal tally of all the questions that i ve gotten on the campaign trail. and the one i get the most is, do you think your dad is gonna win? i suppose my familial hubris is showing, because i never doubt that he s gonna win. it s not because of his irrepressible, unrivalled wit, charm, and humor, though there is that.
[audience cheering] - look at you, look at all of you. - wendy, wendy. - texas. - wendy, wendy, wendy. - trying to be in this moment that the filibuster placed me in and trying to seize upon what we all hoped would be a turning point for texas, that we d finally break through, we d finally have an opportunity to elect a statewide democrat since the 1990s, i just felt an obligation to try to ride that and give some meaning to it, you know, and hope that it was going to create a bigger outcome for all of us. [audience cheering] [audience applauding] - wendy, wendy, wendy, wendy, wendy, wendy, wendy. - we also knew it was really a long shot. it was always a long shot. - her opponent