6, when members of Congress could hear the swarm of people from outside barreling into the Capitol and reaching the House of Representatives’ chamber. Raskin was interviewed in front of crowd of close to a few hundred, including President Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, by John Diaconis, president of the Friends of Miller House/Washington’s Headquarters in North White Plains. Liz Cheney since shortly after they were elected despite being at opposite ends of the political spectrum and the overlapping life-changing events that occurred in such a short period of time.

The third-term congressman was at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center on Sunday morning talking about his new book, “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy.” Raskin discussed his son, his friendship with Rep. In the above comment, Raskin was talking about losing his only son (he and his wife have two daughters), but in some ways he also could have been speaking of the state of the country. “I think trauma is like a thief that steals everything from you that is most precious and the most beloved that makes life meaningful, and just when it’s the end of everything, trauma also connects you to other people and binds you in a much deeper way to other people’s humanity than you could ever imagine,” said Raskin, who spent more than 25 years as a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law before his election. Abigail Spanberger once called the funniest man in Congress, the life-changing events made Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, a more serious person. Six days later, with Raskin back in the halls of Congress to complete the perfunctory task alongside other lawmakers to confirm the 2020 Presidential electoral vote count, a mob of insurrectionists took over the Capitol trying to stop the peaceful transition of power.įor someone who fellow Rep. The young man wasn’t just a brilliant student but a prolific writer, slam poet and jazz and blues pianist who often displayed a sharp sense of humor. 31, 2020, Raskin’s son, Tommy, a second-year Harvard Law School student, died by suicide after having battled depression. Jamie Raskin experienced two traumatic and completely unrelated events that would have been unthinkable days before they occurred. He is pictured with Joan Kuhn, center, program director at the Chappaqua Public Library, which scheduled the event. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland), author of “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy,” following his talk at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center on Sunday morning.

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