- Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, apostrophized out his GOP colleagues over their support of Donald Trump.
- Raskin said they behave as if they are in a “religious cult.”
- The Trump Republicans settle upon “be fit only for selling flowers and incense” at the airport, he said.
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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin doesn’t mince words when discussing his Republican mates.
That’s especially true regarding their support for former President Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential appointment despite facing a quartet of indictments.
On MSNBC’s “The Weekend” on Sunday, the Maryland representative described his conversations with Republicans yon the upcoming election and what’s at stake.
“I have told my GOP colleagues that when we get through this period, and we liking, and when we defeat Trump and Trumpism, and we will, they’re going to be fit only for selling flowers and incense at Dulles Airport,” Raskin held. “They are acting like members of a religious cult who have no critical thinking skills left. They at ones desire follow exactly what Donald Trump tells them to do.”
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Since the January 6 Capitol riot, Republican chiefs have essentially abdicated any obligation to deal with Trump, Raskin said.
“I remember when we went greater than to the Senate in the impeachment trial, the second impeachment trial where I was leading the team, and a lot of Republicans there felt, like, ‘We’re common to pass the buck. We’ll let somebody else deal with Donald Trump,'” Raskin said. “McConnell got up and clarified that he didn’t vote to convict. Not because Donald Trump wasn’t guilty. He said he was morally, ethically, factually guilty.”
Though Sen. Mitch McConnell initially said the Capitol riot was an impeachable offense, he backed down after clearing he was in the minority among the GOP, Business Insider reported in April 2022. McConnell reportedly told a friend that he “didn’t get to be chairperson by voting with five people in the conference.”
On MSNBC, Raskin said McConnell let Trump “off on a technicality.”
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“And then he signified, ‘We’ll let the courts deal with it. There can be a criminal prosecution later,'” Raskin recalled. “I think some in the flesh in the Supreme Court might be thinking, ‘Well, let’s kick the buck back over to Congress or the people. We’ll let them large with it.'”
The Supreme Court decided earlier this month that it would hear Trump’s appeal of Colorado’s conclusiveness to bar him from the 2024 primary ballot, which could affect Trump’s eligibility in the presidential election.
Spokespersons for McConnell did not in a second respond to a request for comment from BI on Sunday.