It’s because he has deep and abiding moral convictions.” It’s not because of his smashing good looks, though he has that to recommend him as well. “It’s not because of his irrepressible, unrivaled wit, charm and humor - though there is that. “I suppose my familial hubris is showing because I never doubt that he’s gonna win,” Tommy says in a speech at one of his dad’s campaign events. The legacy of Jamie Raskin’s son continues to inspire online.The congressman put out a memoir, “Unthinkable,” about the previous year, and The New Yorker named him one of the people of the year.īut “Love and the Constitution” shows far more than the lengthy profiles could because it starts before the Raskin family could ever imagine what was coming - in it, Tommy Raskin, the congressman’s son who died by suicide and was buried the day before the insurrection, is still alive and smiling, charming voters and encouraging his dad. 6, profiles of Raskin came out in illustrious publications such as The New York Times and The New Republic. Yet he has been thrust into the spotlight as one of the figureheads in the left’s fight against Trump’s attempt to overturn the election and challenge American democracy. Raskin is an unlikely candidate for fame though charismatic, he’s often referred to as disheveled - in several scenes in the documentary, he’s in the classic Zoom outfit of pajama pants and a blazer - and his speech tends to be more professorial than political. On Halloween, somehow, he successfully sells kids on taking a constitution with their candy. “Constitutions are a big hit this year,” he adds to an aide, grinning. “It’s got the impeachment clause in there!” he shouts cheerfully to constituents. In the film, Raskin’s commitment to his ideals is palpable and contagious we see him jogging down parade routes, suit jacket flapping, handing out pocket constitutions. ‘We should have gotten 100 votes’: Jamie Raskin reflects on impeachment trial.
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