Jamie Raskin calls concerns over spending too much time investigating Trump a media 'narrative'
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., called concerns that the incoming Democratic Congress will focus too much time investigating the Trump administration a media "narrative" on Monday.
Key points
- He stressed that Congress must not focus solely on investigating Trump when issues like high child poverty rates, senior poverty, and economic and privacy threats posed by AI require urgent action.
- "That's a narrative the media is trying to drive, but–" Raskin said.
- We're going to be able to restore people's benefits to food in the SNAP program." CRENSHAW, RASKIN SHOUT EACH OTHER DOWN IN HEATED POST-MIDTERM DEBATE He added, "We're going to be able to get rid of these ruinous 50% tariffs on Canada and on the rest of the world and begin to bring prices down.
Although Raskin initially suggested these concerns were part of a media "narrative," several prominent progressive figures have gone on the record discouraging congressional Democrats from spending the next two years targeting President Donald Trump.
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- If they're all serious in running away from Donald Trump and not wanting to have anything to do with the Iran war anymore, beginning with JD Vance, then they can bring us a plan for how we can extricate from the mess that they have given us in Iran.
- Corruption and affordability are really the same issue here with the Trump administration, as usually they have been." Fox News Digital reached out to Raskin's office and Hamilton's campaign for comment.
- Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who made his comments as recently as Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Do we want to hold the Trump administration accountable for their corruption, for their illegal, unconstitutional actions?
- Senate, said that he doesn't "want to spend the next two years in trials" against the Trump administration after Democrats regain control of the House and the Senate.
- Millions of people have been thrown off of their health plans because of the actions of the Trump administration and their wretched, hideous bill.
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