Raskin's success in making a case to Republicans remains to be seen. "It was also something I had to discuss with my family. "It's a solemn, awesome ability," Raskin said of his role. He will walk onto the floor of the Senate and present a single article of impeachment: incitement of insurrection. On Monday evening, Raskin will lead the nine impeachment managers across the same corridor in the Capitol that was filled with ransacking rioters earlier this month. "These people have poisoned something precious in our political system," he said, "and we have to recapture and defend democracy with everything we have." Raskin paused for a long moment, collecting his thoughts. I hugged them and said to Tabitha, 'I promise it wouldn't be like this the next time you come to the Capitol.' And she said, 'Dad there isn't gonna be a next time.'" "After an extremely long and dreadful day I was able to send Tabitha and Hank home after 9:30 or 10 p.m. "I picked a helluva time for take your daughter to work day," Raskin said, recalling the events of January 6. The events that led to the President's second impeachment are personal to Raskin. Raskin was one of the Democrats House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picked to defend the certification of Biden's victory, and following the House's impeachment of former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol, Pelosi named him as the House's lead impeachment manager. The ordeal only added to the trauma that the Raskin family has endured since his son Tommy died by suicide on December 31.įor Raskin, the unimaginable personal tragedy is coming at the exact moment of his biggest professional triumph in Congress. It was roughly an hour before Capitol Police rescued them and they were reunited with Raskin, he said in a wide-ranging interview. Raskin's chief of staff, Julie Tagen, who was with Tabitha and Hank, barricaded the door and grabbed a bronze bust as a weapon in case anyone broke in. Now his family was in danger, hiding in Majority Whip Steny Hoyer's ceremonial office as insurrectionists surrounded the House chamber.
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