The Democratic congressman buried his son Tommy, who died by suicide, a day before the January 6 Capitol riot.
Asked how he thought his late son would view the events of the past year, Raskin said:"When Tommy was not under the darkness of his depression, he was the life of the party and he was radically optimistic and buoyant about our prospects for changing things in America and all over the world.
Raskin also spoke about how he faulted himself both for not seeing the warning signs of what was going on with his son and for not predicting what ultimately took place on January 6, 2021. "On January 6, we moved out of the rule of law and into this twilight land of the exception where they were talking about invoking the Insurrection Act, they were making things up about the electoral count, making things up about the Constitution and that we had not prepared for and that I indeed fault myself for.
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