Posted on 11/10/2026 4:39:03 AM PST by DFG
CBS News Sunday Morning’s Robert Costa gave House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) a chance to explain what a Democrats’ congressional victory means. Raskin responded with comparisons to the French Revolution and the Battle of Gettysburg, while invoking Marie Antoinette to make his point about the Trump administration. All of that with zero push back from the CBS journalists.
When asked by Costa how Democrats planned to hold President Trump accountable for his past two years in office, Raskin answered “Through the rule of law.”
But, Raskin quickly reached for the French Revolution when Costa asked whether Congress should focus on the economy and legislation rather than investigations. “It’s not an either or proposition” said Raskin, before invoking the infamous words attributed to Marie Antoinette: “Let them eat cake.”
Can’t forget how that revolution ended, with Marie Antoinette losing her head. That’s not to mention the fact that the French Revolution was known for their show trials and subsequent executions for political prisoners.
And yet, there was no concern from CBS.
Raskin then went on to argue that the country faced a problem with both accountability and affordability, tying the two together under Trump's leadership:
Authoritarianism and tyranny are extremely expensive for the people. And it’s the exact same thing when you go down the line with Donald Trump. So, are we going to go after the corruption? Yeah, you're damn right. And are we going to go after affordability and making people's lives easier? Yeah, you’re damn right we’re going to do both of them.
The historical comparisons didn’t stop there. When asked by Costa what the Democrats’ election victory said about American democracy, Raskin compared the result to one of the Civil War’s defining battles.
Raskin said, “It was a huge victory, but I liken it to the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War, but it wasn’t the end of it. There were a lot more battles to come.”
It seemed like Raskin failed to recall the thousands of casualties that resulted from Gettysburg, but sure, make this kind of comparison.
He was also quick to add that the political fight was far from over, calling out how, “Donald Trump still has two years in office, at least on paper. This struggle is not over by a long shot. We're still in the fight of our lives.”
For Democrats, the win in Congress wasn’t just a political victory. It was a revolution. And CBS didn’t have a problem with the evocation of violent, bloody, and deadly rhetoric.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
CBS’ CBS News Sunday Morning November 9, 2026 09:20:53 a.m. Eastern
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ROBERT COSTA: Many people wonder, how are the Democrats going to hold President Trump accountable. What’s the answer?
JAMIE RASKIN (D-MD): Through the rule of law
COSTA: Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin is set to chair the powerful judiciary committee.
[To Raskin] What do you say to an American who would prefer Congress focuses on the economy and legislation and not on investigations?
RASKIN: It’s not an either or proposition. Take for example the French Revolution. Remember when Marie Antoinette said “Let them eat cake.” Now, is that a problem of accountability and tyranny, a corrupt government, or is it a problem of affordability and a standard of living? It’s both!
Authoritarianism and tyranny are extremely expensive for the people. And it’s the exact same thing when you go down the line with Donald Trump. So, are we going to go after the corruption? Yeah, you're damn right. And are we going to go after affordability and making people's lives easier? Yeah, you’re damn right we’re going to do both of them.
COSTA: Is any bipartisanship possible?
RASKIN: Sure! I saw J.D. Vance make a speech the other day. He’s rapidly backpedaling and trying to dissociate himself from the Iran War. Let's work in a bipartisan way to try to extricate ourselves from the mess they got us into. Same thing with the tariffs, right? They’re all backpedaling from the tariffs.
COSTA: But Congressman Jamie Raskin says Democrats have no illusions about the road ahead.
[To Raskin]: What did this past Tuesday night say not just about your party, the Democrats, but about American democracy?
RASKIN: It was a huge victory, but I liken it to the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War, but it wasn’t the end of it. There were a lot more battles to come. And Donald Trump still has two years in office, at least on paper. This struggle is not over by a long shot. We're still in the fight of our lives.
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Oh, it’s the French Revolution alright.
Here comes the Robespierrean mob.
It’s time for his cancer to come back. Can’t happen soon enough
You know Hassan Piker reminds me of a Robespierre.
Here comes the Reign of Terror.
They campaigned on dealing with corruption in politics and business. They plan to investigate major corporations along with political figures. I imagine that upon finding ‘Corruption’ in major corporations, they would then seize a corporation through command and control structures. You know for the ‘common good’. Easier than you think.
Read “Vampire Economy” about the Third Reich structuring of corporations.
See BS.
“such as it is, the press has become the greatest power within the Western World, more powerful than the legislature, the executive and judiciary. One would like to ask; by whom has it been elected and to whom is it responsible?”
Aleksandr Solhenisyn
When all 4 are working together for lies and evil, you have Gulag Ameripelago, the illusion of a “free” republic.
The election last week was like trying to find a light switch in an outhouse - yet the silver lining in the cloud was that the dems were able to get rid of a bunch of RINOs that we couldn’t and turn a shade of grey into black and white.
We will have to see if we get better candidates in 2028 from dog catcher on up.
Marie Anfoinette NEVER said “Let the eat cake”. That and worse lies about her were the work of the mass media of her era…lying pamphleteers.
“yet the silver lining in the cloud was that the dems were able to get rid of a bunch of RINOs that we couldn’t and turn a shade of grey into black and white.”
I agree totally. Any RINO political defeat should always be celebrated. AMF RINO punks.
No, the Republicans actually won at Gettysburg.
Raskin is the embodiment of evil.
Many on the left would love to see guillotines getting busy all over the USA with the guests of honor all being conservatives.
What these idiots don’t seem to grasp is that their enabling of the muslim infestation here in the USA is going to result in them being the next wave to take the one-way trip to Madame Guillotine.
Don’t hold your breath for CBS to call democrats on the carpet for anything they say no matter how false, misleading, extreme, or illogical it is. They just allow the democrats to get away with everything.
“Raskin said, “It was a huge victory, but I liken it to the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War, but it wasn’t the end of it. There were a lot more battles to come.”
If I recall correctly, the democrats lost the battle of gettysburg.
They really don’t know what they and the woke folk have coming. Just saying for a friend.
Nonsensical and the winds may well shift back in two, four and six years
“Raskin said, “It was a huge victory, but I liken it to the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War, but it wasn’t the end of it. There were a lot more battles to come.”
Your team lost that argument and the battles that ensued with the radical White Democrat League, KKK and the moronic Jim Crow era were all racist democrats, whose perniciouis crap kept clinging to suborning the humanity and equality of a segment of God’s children because of race.
Face it Lamie, you can’t your team couldn’t fight sleep and you certainly couldn’t fight Team USA
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