From Jamie Raskin I hear, “He is constructing a gangster state, steeped in political and financial corruption and spectacularly disrespectful of the rule of law. He punishes dissent while rewarding blind loyalty, and wants to give his politically packed and stacked federal workers the ‘right’ to wear MAGA caps to work.
“He silences independent voices and wields fear as a constant weapon against the American people. And he is cutting away at the rights and freedoms of the people, making all of us less free. These are not the warning signs of authoritarianism; they proclaim its arrival in America.
“Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress have utterly abandoned their oath to support and defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. Having aided and abetted Donald Trump’s assault on our democracy throughout the past 100 days, they are now working to pass Trump’s class-war budget by demolishing Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, maternal nutrition and food assistance, and public safety-all to bankroll more giant tax cuts for Trump’s billionaires.
“House Judiciary Democrats are fighting on every front. In courtrooms across America, we are filing amicus briefs to defend federal workers, federal rights and Congressional lawmaking and spending powers. On Capitol Hill, we are wielding every investigative tool we can find to expose and confront the corruption that infects this Administration. In communities nationwide, we are bearing witness-listening, rallying, and uplifting the stories of people suffering at the hands of this outlaw regime.
“We must all hang tough for the Constitution and for each other.”