Jamie Raskin

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.

Well, apparently some of these students who've been targeted by ICE for removal were first identified by various right-wing projects allegedly pursuing anti-Semitism. But, you know, on that understanding, you just identified...

Well, apparently some of these students who've been targeted by ICE for removal were first identified by various right-wing projects allegedly pursuing anti-Semitism. But, you know, on that understanding, you just identified...

there are people who are being called anti-Semites simply for speaking out for a two-state solution and recognition of human rights on the Palestinian side and the Israeli side and the necessity for mutual security. I mean, that's just scandalous.

there are people who are being called anti-Semites simply for speaking out for a two-state solution and recognition of human rights on the Palestinian side and the Israeli side and the necessity for mutual security. I mean, that's just scandalous.

And so this is a period like Salem witchcraft trials where you can just fling that charge at someone and then the right wing thinks that that's the end of the discussion. But I do think that the country is waking up

And so this is a period like Salem witchcraft trials where you can just fling that charge at someone and then the right wing thinks that that's the end of the discussion. But I do think that the country is waking up

I think about what Jefferson said in that beautiful letter he wrote in 1798 to his friend John Taylor, who was expressing his consternation about what was going on in the country during that time. And Jefferson said, "...a little patience in the reign of witches shall pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight restore their government to its true principles."

I think about what Jefferson said in that beautiful letter he wrote in 1798 to his friend John Taylor, who was expressing his consternation about what was going on in the country during that time. And Jefferson said, "...a little patience in the reign of witches shall pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight restore their government to its true principles."

Let's hope that the reign of witches is passing over.

Let's hope that the reign of witches is passing over.

And no offense meant to any witches.

And no offense meant to any witches.

Everybody's got to summon up all of their institutional resources and personal courage to fight back as much as you can. And I'm very proud of Harvard, I got to say. And I'm speaking as a graduate of the college and the law school. And I spent a lot of my years in school fighting against Harvard because they refused to divest their money from Apartheid South Africa.

Everybody's got to summon up all of their institutional resources and personal courage to fight back as much as you can. And I'm very proud of Harvard, I got to say. And I'm speaking as a graduate of the college and the law school. And I spent a lot of my years in school fighting against Harvard because they refused to divest their money from Apartheid South Africa.

And they were just totally on the wrong side there. And I called them out. And I was ashamed that Harvard did not do the right thing and follow what Nelson Mandela and Bishop Tutu and the people struggling for freedom there were asking for. But I've got to say in this situation, I'm beaming with pride about Harvard standing up.

And they were just totally on the wrong side there. And I called them out. And I was ashamed that Harvard did not do the right thing and follow what Nelson Mandela and Bishop Tutu and the people struggling for freedom there were asking for. But I've got to say in this situation, I'm beaming with pride about Harvard standing up.

Look, Donald Trump spent a lot of time in real estate in New York City, a lot of time in casinos in Atlantic City. He knows what a mob shakedown is. This is a mob shakedown against the universities. It's a mob shakedown against the law firms, against lawyers. And he's seeing how far he can push it.