When the House of Representatives voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker on Tuesday, it was the first such removal in American history, a vivid rebuke of his leadership and an escalation of the civil strife within the Republican Party.
my birthday fantasy for this year. we came up with it on thursday. you know how much i love parties and i was missing everybody. and so i thought, okay, we can try to have a little contest here and see if i can answer 58 questions in 58 minutes, one minute per question. and it begins with tommy raskin. tommy raskin: who s your favorite tv villain? jamie raskin: my favorite tv villain, villains, are the joker, the riddler and william barr, the purported attorney general. thank you, love you, tommy raskin. next question comes from mark medish. how would your favorite french philosopher montaigne analyze the vices of donald trump? ah! clearly cruelty is the heart of donald trump s vicious system, and all of the other vices flow right out of cruelty. i don t know if they re ever gonna wake up and accept those election results. i hope that it doesn t lead to violence in the country.
jamie raskin: thank you guys all for indulging me my birthday fantasy for this year. we came up with it on thursday. you know how much i love parties and i was missing everybody. and so i thought, okay, we can try to have a little contest here and see if i can answer 58 questions in 58 minutes, one minute per question. and it begins with tommy raskin. tommy raskin: who s your favorite tv villain? jamie raskin: my favorite tv villain, villains, are the joker, the riddler and william barr, the purported attorney general. thank you, love you, tommy raskin. next question comes from mark medish. how would your favorite french philosopher montaigne analyze the vices of donald trump? ah! clearly cruelty is the heart of donald trump s vicious system, and all of the other vices flow right out of cruelty. i don t know if they re ever gonna wake up and accept those election results.