Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy - Jamie Raskin
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In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life–and his family’s–as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.
On December 31, 2020, Tommy Raskin, the only son of Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, tragically took his own life after a long struggle with depression. Seven days later on January 6, Congressman Raskin returned to Congress to help certify the 2020 Presidential election results, when violent insurrectionists led by right wing extremist groups stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to hand four more years of power to President Donald Trump. As our reeling nation mourned the deaths of numerous people and lamented the injuries of more than 140 police officers hurt in the attack, Congressman Raskin, a Constitutional law professor, was called upon to put aside his overwhelming grief–both personal and professional–and lead the impeachment effort against President Trump for inciting the violence. Together this nine-member team of House impeachment managers riveted a nation still in anguish, putting on an unprecedented Senate trial that produced the most bipartisan Presidential impeachment vote in American history.
Now for the first time, Congressman Raskin discusses this unimaginable convergence of personal and public trauma, detailing how the painful loss of his son and the power of Tommy’s convictions fueled the Congressman’s work in the aftermath of modern democracy’s darkest day. Going inside Congress on January 6, he recounts the horror of that day, a day that he and other Democrats had spent months preparing for under the correct assumption that they would encounter an attempted electoral coup–not against a President but for one. And yet, on January 6, he faced the one thing he had failed to anticipate: mass political violence designed to block Biden’s election. With an inside account of leading the team prosecuting President Trump in the Senate, Congressman Raskin shares never before told stories of just how close we came to losing our democracy that fateful day and lays out the methodical prosecution that convinced Democrats and Republicans alike of Trump’s responsibility for inciting insurrectionary violence against our government.
Through it all, he reckons with the loss of his brilliant, remarkable son, a Harvard Law student whose values and memory continually inspired the Congressman to confront the dark impulses unleashed by Donald Trump. At turns, a moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding President Trump accountable for the violence he fomented, this book is a vital reminder of the ongoing struggle for the soul of American democracy and the perseverance that our Constitution demands from us all.
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This post has 14 comments with rating of 1.3/5
May 6th, 2022
What a bunch of phony political hysteria and horse s**t. As if the democratic party cares about freedom of democracy!
Thumb sucking bed wetter
This book needs to move to Fantasy section.
May 6th, 2022
Hey APOLLO60, You can tell your a follower of shall I say a Trumper On the Right cause you just sit there and call names to great Americans, just like all the flip flopping republicants! Yes i spelled it with a “T”!
May 7th, 2022
Therealgrimx
I was wondering when Dem Drones would wake up.
If any group are blind followers, its yours.
You have a brain dead buffoon in the WH that none of you will admit is mentally deficient.
A VP who is suffering from some sort of mental disfunction, laughing at the most inappropriate times, and a House of Representatives (HORS) who violate the Constitution like unfettered Rapists.
But than again, facts never were the democrat’s strong suit. 1984 has nothing on your Party.
May 7th, 2022
More lat Rat kin. Lying little weasel.
May 7th, 2022
And still the deluded dummies on the right continue to make civil war threats. The utter desperation of making empty threats of violence. This is the last gasp and death rattle of a dying demographic who should be mad at themselves instead of anyone else, no one else is to blame for their self-delusion and sheer incompetance. I really can’t wait to see the first group of overcompensating far right empowered cowards go out and try to “civil war” only to get mowed down by law enforcement and the full military might of our armed forces who have all solemnly sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.
May 7th, 2022
@apollo60
Why don’t you fill us all in as to what Trump was good at.
May 7th, 2022
@tenbenson
Gas prices.
May 7th, 2022
This book was not enjoyable to me. As a political Independent, and a Centrist who leans slightly Right, I found this book too politically polarized to be enjoyable. While I believe that the contents of the book are probably factual, it would be a more enjoyable read if it weren’t written from the perspective of self-aggrandizing leftist elitism.
The author does an admiral job of detailing the horrible deeds of Trump and his accomplices, including many Republican politicians. However, it could have been done in far, far fewer, more interesting pages. The author seems to have a genuine distaste for all things conservative and Republican, and a true love of all leftist elitists, or at least that’s my impression after reading the book.
May 7th, 2022
Apollo, I figured you’d be too busy chatting it up with Trump on Truth Social to have time to caterwaul over here. Can’t afford an Iphone?
And we found out what Trump is great at–he just got two billion out of Saudi Arabia for his family. He can con more than just Americans.
May 7th, 2022
Yet another butt-hurt assclown blaming Trump for crap his own lot instigated. I kind of figured it would be totally slanted to make the Dems look good, but expected it to at least not be a complete whitewash.
Me, I wouldn’t mind knowing what caused the depression that lead to Tommys suicide - factual stuff and not his worhtless old man blaming anything but the real cause.
May 8th, 2022
LOL desperate to distract from May 2nd eh?
May 10th, 2022
Good grief these guys are so self-possessed and desperate to victimise themselves.
June 13th, 2022
Geee , more hyperbolic liberal horse chit
March 17th, 2024
This comment section is pathetic. Not sure why Trump cultists are here. If you don’t like Raskin, it’s easy, scroll on by. As usual, you can’t help but make derogatory remarks.
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