Jamie Raskin Slams GOP's 'Absurd' January 6th Committee as 'New Effort to Spread Lies'

Opposition to New GOP January 6th Committee

• 🎯 Jamie Raskin criticizes the Republican effort to create a new January 6th committee as an "absurd" and "ridiculous" attempt to spread lies.
• 💡 He contrasts this with the bipartisan select committee's findings, stating that the GOP has not disproven a single fact presented in their report.
• ⚠️ Raskin argues that the focus should be on bipartisan progress for America, such as restoring Medicaid coverage for 17 million people.

Debunking Counter-Theories and Authoritarianism

• 🔬 The speaker highlights that counter-theories regarding Antifa and the FBI have been completely and thoroughly debunked.
• 🧠 The new forum presents an opportunity to educate Americans about the dangers of political authoritarianism and political and religious cults.

Impact on Police Officers

• 🚔 Raskin emphasizes that 140 police officers were wounded, injured, hospitalized, disfigured, and disabled by Donald Trump's mob on January 6th.
• 💔 Speaker Johnson and Donald Trump have done nothing for these officers, not even erecting a federally mandated plaque to honor their sacrifice.
• ⚖️ In contrast, Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1600 insurrectionists and violent copers, many of whom have reoffended, while calling them "heroes" and "hostages."

Cases of Injured Officers

• 🤕 Sergeant Aqualino Ganell, a 17-year veteran of the Capitol Police, suffered injuries so severe he was forced to retire, living on a substantially reduced income.
• 😔 Hundreds of officers from the Capitol Police and MPD were forced to leave their departments due to physical or psychological injuries sustained on January 6th.

Pardoned Insurrectionists and Election Overthrow

• criminal records of violent felons and copers pardoned by Donald Trump, many of whom have since committed new crimes, including burglary and child sex abuse.
• 🗳️ The effort to overthrow a presidential election, which Donald Trump lost by 7 million votes, was repudiated by over 60 federal and state court judgments.