President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), labeling him a “loser in life” and insisting he be expelled from Congress. This outburst came during a Thursday evening social media meltdown.
Trump amplified a post from Fox News host Mark Levin on Truth Social, which claimed Raskin should be expelled for “leading a plot to impeach” the president and for his role as the lead manager during Trump’s second impeachment trial.
“I agree with Mark Levin when he says to, EXPEL THE BUM,” Trump declared, sharing a screenshot of Levin’s post. He slammed Raskin and others suffering from what he termed Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), accusing them of casting votes driven by “HATE!”
Trump asserted that if Raskin hadn’t received a preemptive pardon from then-President Joe Biden, “he’d be in jail right now!”
Biden issued pardons to members of the Jan. 6 committee and others to shield them from potential “revenge” by Trump.
Raskin has been a relentless critic of Trump, recently accusing him of exploiting the Oval Office for personal gain. “We’ve never seen abuse like the kind of abuse that has taken place under Donald Trump,” he stated last month.
Amid rising concerns about Trump’s health, Raskin has called for a “comprehensive cognitive assessment.” He remarked, “We have indisputably entered the realm of profound medical difficulty and concern,” back in April.
Raskin has also scrutinized Trump’s connections to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was once a close associate of Trump. He demanded the full release of Epstein’s files, revealing that a search for Trump’s name in the unredacted documents yielded “more than a million results.”
Expelling a member of Congress requires a two-thirds vote from the chamber, making it an extremely rare occurrence. Since the Civil War, only three lawmakers have faced expulsion, all from the House. The most recent was former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who was charged with fraud. Santos was convicted in a criminal trial and sentenced to 87 months in prison but served just three months before Trump commuted his sentence.
