Jamie Raskin
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of transnational democratic solidarity with the democratic governments and the democratic movements and peoples and parties of the world to try to prevent the spread of the lawlessness and the fascist chaos that's been unleashed against us. But implicit in it should be the idea that if and when we come back to power, and we will,
of transnational democratic solidarity with the democratic governments and the democratic movements and peoples and parties of the world to try to prevent the spread of the lawlessness and the fascist chaos that's been unleashed against us. But implicit in it should be the idea that if and when we come back to power, and we will,
We are not going to look kindly upon people who facilitated, to use a word of the day, who facilitated authoritarianism in our country. That's an assault on our Constitution and on our people.
We are not going to look kindly upon people who facilitated, to use a word of the day, who facilitated authoritarianism in our country. That's an assault on our Constitution and on our people.
My response is we're going to beat them on all fronts. We're going to beat them on the tariffs, which were economically catastrophic for our country and for the world and utterly destabilizing of world trade and also lawless and unconstitutional outside of the president's powers. We're going to beat them on his massive assaults on the rights of federal workers and the civil service.
My response is we're going to beat them on all fronts. We're going to beat them on the tariffs, which were economically catastrophic for our country and for the world and utterly destabilizing of world trade and also lawless and unconstitutional outside of the president's powers. We're going to beat them on his massive assaults on the rights of federal workers and the civil service.
And we're going to beat them in court and in the court of public opinion on their assaults on the due process rights of people in America, whether they're citizens or non-citizens. In other words, we can't ration justice here. And this is why we need all hands on deck and everybody needs to be fighting at every turn, every battle. And, you know, a victory for one is a victory for all.
And we're going to beat them in court and in the court of public opinion on their assaults on the due process rights of people in America, whether they're citizens or non-citizens. In other words, we can't ration justice here. And this is why we need all hands on deck and everybody needs to be fighting at every turn, every battle. And, you know, a victory for one is a victory for all.
And, you know, we're going to hang together or we're going to hang separately and we're going to hang together.
And, you know, we're going to hang together or we're going to hang separately and we're going to hang together.
I mean, it's totally scandalous situation with the assault on free speech. It is like the Alien and Sedition Act period of the late 1790s, where the attack on immigrants became an attack on people considered political enemies of the government dissidents. And I'm very cheered by the tremendous support that she is getting and that all of these students are getting across the board here.
I mean, it's totally scandalous situation with the assault on free speech. It is like the Alien and Sedition Act period of the late 1790s, where the attack on immigrants became an attack on people considered political enemies of the government dissidents. And I'm very cheered by the tremendous support that she is getting and that all of these students are getting across the board here.
In fact, there are a lot of Jewish student groups who are coming out very strongly and speaking up for her and Mahmoud Khalil and others who are the subject of outrageous criticism. government harassment and retaliation simply because of their speech. They wrote an op-ed, they appeared at a rally.
In fact, there are a lot of Jewish student groups who are coming out very strongly and speaking up for her and Mahmoud Khalil and others who are the subject of outrageous criticism. government harassment and retaliation simply because of their speech. They wrote an op-ed, they appeared at a rally.
And what's fascinating is unlike the hundreds of violent insurrectionists, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, extremists who Donald Trump pardoned, people who violently assaulted police officers, none of these people engaged in any violence at all. Right. All they had done was to write an op-ed or to speak in a way that is officially disapproved by our new authoritarians in America.
And what's fascinating is unlike the hundreds of violent insurrectionists, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, extremists who Donald Trump pardoned, people who violently assaulted police officers, none of these people engaged in any violence at all. Right. All they had done was to write an op-ed or to speak in a way that is officially disapproved by our new authoritarians in America.
So it's very important as a matter of civil liberties for everybody to speak up for them. And especially I've been moved over the last few days to see the Jewish groups coming out and saying, don't try to deport these people and destroy their lives and uproot them in the name of fighting anti-Semitism.
So it's very important as a matter of civil liberties for everybody to speak up for them. And especially I've been moved over the last few days to see the Jewish groups coming out and saying, don't try to deport these people and destroy their lives and uproot them in the name of fighting anti-Semitism.
You're not doing anything about anti-Semitism and you're going to inflame things much worse in the country by what you're doing.
You're not doing anything about anti-Semitism and you're going to inflame things much worse in the country by what you're doing.