Jamie Raskin

Yeah, I mean, the whole thing took, like, maybe 25 minutes. It should have taken 15 minutes, but some of our Republican colleagues confused it with the Republican National Convention, and they were cheering and applauding and yelling. We were just there to count the votes. And we were not there to continue the campaign.

But yeah, I mean, I talked to my friend Lauren Boebert and I asked her how she enjoyed it. And she said it was great because no Democrats had made any objections. And I said it was terrific because nobody tried to assassinate the vice president. And so, you know, we were all happy with how it went.

But yeah, I mean, I talked to my friend Lauren Boebert and I asked her how she enjoyed it. And she said it was great because no Democrats had made any objections. And I said it was terrific because nobody tried to assassinate the vice president. And so, you know, we were all happy with how it went.

Lauren's actually very funny, you know, like it's sort of like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. You're either a Marjorie Taylor Greene person or you're a Lauren Boebert person. And I'm a Lauren Boebert person myself, although they call her Lauren Gropert, which really isn't fair. So.

Lauren's actually very funny, you know, like it's sort of like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. You're either a Marjorie Taylor Greene person or you're a Lauren Boebert person. And I'm a Lauren Boebert person myself, although they call her Lauren Gropert, which really isn't fair. So.

They've got a much narrower margin now. So I think we're down to 219 to 215 because Matt Gaetz left and then Elise Stefanik's on her way out and Mike Walls. Oh, I appreciate that cheer. And so it'll be 217. to 215, which means they cannot afford to lose a single vote.

They've got a much narrower margin now. So I think we're down to 219 to 215 because Matt Gaetz left and then Elise Stefanik's on her way out and Mike Walls. Oh, I appreciate that cheer. And so it'll be 217. to 215, which means they cannot afford to lose a single vote.

And they've already suffered the defection of Congresswoman Sparks from Indiana, who got so mad about the fact that she wasn't put on the committee she wanted that she has left the Republican conference and is an independent now. And we haven't even started deliberations yet.

And they've already suffered the defection of Congresswoman Sparks from Indiana, who got so mad about the fact that she wasn't put on the committee she wanted that she has left the Republican conference and is an independent now. And we haven't even started deliberations yet.

So I think we're going to be in good shape to exploit some of the conflicts and contradictions going on within the Republican conference. I think you probably saw, John, that the enraged, nativist, racist mega base is upset with Elon Musk and the brologarcs who want to bring in tens of thousands more cheap foreign laborers.

So I think we're going to be in good shape to exploit some of the conflicts and contradictions going on within the Republican conference. I think you probably saw, John, that the enraged, nativist, racist mega base is upset with Elon Musk and the brologarcs who want to bring in tens of thousands more cheap foreign laborers.

And so that's something that's already starting to explode in terms of the Republican politics. But there's a bunch of issues like that, including abortion, where there's still some libertarians who don't want to go near it. But the theocratic majority within MAGA, led by Mike Johnson, say that life begins at conception.

And so that's something that's already starting to explode in terms of the Republican politics. But there's a bunch of issues like that, including abortion, where there's still some libertarians who don't want to go near it. But the theocratic majority within MAGA, led by Mike Johnson, say that life begins at conception.

and so they've been trying to ban it nationally, and we expect that to come back, and hopefully we'll be able to pull over some of the lingering pro-choice Republicans.

and so they've been trying to ban it nationally, and we expect that to come back, and hopefully we'll be able to pull over some of the lingering pro-choice Republicans.

Yeah, it does. Because over on the Senate side, they've got the filibuster. So each senator theoretically can throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing. Whereas, you know, we've got our rules committee and we adopt the rule and the rule is usually whatever the majority wants. In fact, they wrote the first partisan bill.

Yeah, it does. Because over on the Senate side, they've got the filibuster. So each senator theoretically can throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing. Whereas, you know, we've got our rules committee and we adopt the rule and the rule is usually whatever the majority wants. In fact, they wrote the first partisan bill.

discrimination into House rules and history, saying that they're going from one person to move to vacate to seven members moving to vacate. But they've got to be from the majority party. So it would be like saying, you know, only Republicans can move to adjourn. were moved to reconsider a vote, but they voted for that.

discrimination into House rules and history, saying that they're going from one person to move to vacate to seven members moving to vacate. But they've got to be from the majority party. So it would be like saying, you know, only Republicans can move to adjourn. were moved to reconsider a vote, but they voted for that.

And one of my new colleagues, actually from Rhode Island, said, this is outrageous. This violates equal production. Let's go to the Supreme Court. And I was like, yeah, we've been there. We've done that. The Roberts Court is not exactly all over these unconstitutional...