it was just a projection of his career, his destiny. it looks good. you want some cinnamon? tabitha raskin: yeah, i need cinnamon. i need- jamie raskin: i ll find you some cinnamon. jamie raskin: when officer hodges was, you know, caught in the door and he was just howling, it was like torture, i did see mitch crying and kind of wiping away tears. tabitha raskin: here s the cinnamon jamie raskin: but the republicans, man, they re a tough nut to crack, let me tell ya. you know, people were saying to me, how are you going to get 67 votes? i said, i m not looking for 67 votes, i m looking for 100 votes. like i m looking for just like a major breakthrough in public opinion in the senate, where people say this cannot be america, we cannot have a violence-inciting, pro-insurrection demagogue constantly threatening our democracy. i mean, there s 100s of millions of people in the country.
(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. but, of course, right when we got into the majority and the new term started, donald trump shut the government down. (air whooshing) tabitha raskin: take the tie off. let s see what it looks like without the tie. hannah raskin: that s better. tabitha raskin: much better. so, stand up. let s see. come on, man, we re trying to help you out! okay. all right. that s doable. here.
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! 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)
back up, back up, back up. hannah? hannah raskin: it s better. tabitha raskin: dad, that s good. that s fine. jamie raskin: what s wrong with the tie? tabitha raskin: you re too fancy on the top and too casual on the bottom. jamie raskin: and now, i feel like i m just too casual. tabitha raskin: no, no, no. no, dad, it s a food drive, right? jamie raskin: right, right. tabitha raskin: so then, you should be casual. reporter: this is the third government shutdown on president trump s watch as lawmakers failed to reach an agreement over border wall funding the president is demanding. reporter: roughly 800,000 federal employees will not be getting paid during the shutdown. more than half of them will still have to report to work, the rest are being furloughed. that means they won t go to work, but they also won t get paid. jamie raskin: hello, jamie raskin. nice to meet you. good to see you. tali: this is wonderful. very, very- jamie raskin: oh manna is the best. i love these guys. tali
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. but, of course, right when we got into the majority and the new term started, donald trump shut the government down. (air whooshing) tabitha raskin: take the tie off. let s see what it looks like without the tie. hannah raskin: that s better. tabitha raskin: much better. so, stand up. let s see. come on, man, we re trying to help you out! okay. all right. that s doable. here. back up, back up, back up. hannah? hannah raskin: it s better.