Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin slammed his rival party as "banana Republicans" at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, as well as the party's "cult of personality" as it moves forward with MAGA leader Donald Trump.
Raskin began his rousing speech by welcoming Democratic supporters to the "freedom convention" and thanking Chicago for the "beautiful weather."
"It's been a little rough on Capitol Hill, where it's not just the heat — it's the stupidity," he said, to a smattering of laughs and applause.
Raskin drew a direct line between this election and those in the past that took on insurrectionists and fascists. He noted that the convention was being held in the same city where Abraham Lincoln was nominated in 1860 to "save the union from fanatical insurrectionists," and where Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-nominated in 1940 to "defeat fascist dictators."
"Now, we fight in our time to defend our freedom and our democracy against the banana Republicans who have converted Lincoln's party into a dangerous cult of personality," said Raskin.
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He shared how he'll never forget the screams during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, nor the pounding on the doors from rioters wielding baseball bats and steel pipes. He slammed former President Donald Trump as a "sore loser" who "doesn't know how to take no for an answer."
"J.D. Vance, do you understand why there was a sudden job opening for running mate on the GOP ticket? They tried to kill your predecessor," he said.
He added: "Someone should have told Donald Trump that the president's job under Article II of the Constitution is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not that the vice president is executed."
Raskin earned cheers on social media for his speech on Monday night, including from Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation.
"OMG Jamie Raskin: 'This sore loser [Trump] who doesn’t know how to take no for an answer from the American voters, American courts, or American women.' Yes. Yes this is what I’m here for!!" he exclaimed on X.
The Angry Staffer account on X posted three cry-laughing emojis at Raskin's jab that, "Someone should have told Donald Trump that his duty under article 2 of the constitution was to make sure that the laws were faithfully executed, NOT to make sure his Vice President was executed."
And former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann called Raskin's "speaking about justice and the rule of law, after recovery only recently from a grave illness," a "poignant moment."
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