he was he was something, jamie raskin: he was, he was something, my son. my son. did you think about taking some time off? you know, tommy left us a note. and the note said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other, the animals, and the global poor, for me. all my love, tommy. so, he didn t have anything in there about taking some time off. and [noise] why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we are unified by one constitution, and one rule of law, and the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish documentary. this should be the living commitment that we all have, to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and
look after each other, the animals, and the global poor, for me. all my love, tommy. so, he didn t have anything in there. for i gotta take some time off. and [noise] why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we are unified by one constitution, and one rule of law, and the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish documentary. this should be the living commitment that we all have, to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we gotta keep fighting for it. [applause] please raise your right hand, and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear to preserve, protect and defend t
look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. all my love, tommy. so, he didn t have anything in there. for i gotta take some time off. and [noise] why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity. or one ideology, or one religion. we are unified by one constitution, and one rule of law, and the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish documentary. this should be the living commitment that we all have, to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war in reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we gotta keep fighting for it. [applause] please raise your right hand, and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear to preserve, protect and defend t
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fights to defend American democracy during Donald Trump s presidency and second impeachment trial while coping with the personal.
an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we are unified by one constitution, and one rule of law, and the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish documentary. this should be the living commitment that we all have, to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then.