Personal tragedy and political upheaval have marked the last few years for Maryland U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin. On December 31, 2020 Raksin’s son Tommy died. A week later, a violent mob broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6 – forcing Raskin to seek shelter in a congressional hearing room while his youngest daughter barricaded herself in another member’s office. Two years after his son’s death on December 28, 2022, Raskin was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cancer. His cancer is now in remission and Raskin is considering a senate run in 2024. The congressman comes on the show to discuss it all.
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