![]() The invasion saw five people die, among them a Capitol Police officer who was pepper-sprayed and bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher. They “got caught in a room off of the House floor, and between them and me was a rampaging armed mob that could have killed them easily, and was banging on the doors where they were hiding under a desk with my chief of staff,” said Raskin. “I felt my son with me,” said Raskin, who was joined that day on Capitol Hill by his youngest daughter and his son-in-law. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election win. The lawmaker said that he carries his son’s memory with him, and that he feels him “in my chest” - including on Jan. Raskin remembered his son, a second-year student at Harvard Law School, as a talented slam poet dedicated to human rights and animal welfare. “He had overwhelming love for humanity and for our country in his heart, and really for all the people of the world,” Raskin said, describing “a life that dazzled.” ![]() 31, following a long battle with depression. Raskin’s 25-year-old son, Thomas, took his own life on Dec. “I’m not going to lose my son at the end of 2020, and lose my country and my republic in 2021,” the Maryland Democrat vowed in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Jamie Raskin on Sunday described balancing the trauma of his son’s recent death by suicide with the horror of the US Capitol riot and his duty as lead impeachment manager against President Trump. More migrants coming through Mexico from far-flung countries: analysisīen Shapiro: GOP ‘cruising for a bruising’ by sticking with Trump 6 panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify about his role in election conspiracyĭon Lemon rips Trump-backed Senate candidate for ‘affirmative action regime’ slap at Biden
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