Posted on 04/21/2025 5:09:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has sunk to a new low, vowing political retribution against foreign leaders who dare to work with President Donald Trump in a stunning display of political pettiness and desperation. Rather than putting America first, Raskin is threatening allies and partners simply for engaging with the president and his administration, underscoring just how far the left is willing to go to cling to power and punish anyone who doesn’t fall in line with their agenda.
During an episode on "Pod Save America,” Raskin threatened world leaders “facilitated authoritarianism in our country” by helping Trump advance his agenda, saying that the Democratic Party would not “look kindly” on them when they “come back to power.”
Host Tommy Vietor explained to Raskin that a Latin American policy expert had suggested to him that Democrats should “threaten to take action against any foreign government that participates in the extraordinary rendition of American citizens,” despite Garcia being an illegal immigrant, not an American citizen.
Still, Raskin said he “liked that idea.”
The Maryland Democrat further elaborated, saying that the U.S. should strengthen its alliances with democratic governments worldwide to help stop the spread of lawlessness and what he calls “fascist chaos” threatening democracy.
“It's a complement to something that we need to be doing right now, which is engaging in far more work of transnational democratic solidarity with the democratic governments and the democratic movements and peoples and parties of the world to try to prevent the spread of the lawlessness and the spread of the fascist chaos that's been unleashed against us,” he said.
Raskin continued to warn that when Democrats return to power, they won’t look favorably on those, especially foreign leaders, who supported or enabled so-called authoritarian actions in the U.S., claiming it would be a direct attack on the American people.
His comments come after El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele firmly rejected calls to return suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, labeling such suggestions as “preposterous." Garcia, an illegal immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for more than 15 years, was deported to El Salvador last month despite a U.S. immigration judge's order granting him protections. Bukele emphasized that the deportation was a U.S. decision and that El Salvador has no obligation to reverse it.
These Leftist holes keep forgetting that Donald J. Trump is the Predudent of the United States. What vengeance exactly is Raskin threatening against other nations?
Seems like that is actionable conduct by the rag head.
Jamie Asskissin must have forgot it’s the MAGA people that preach hate while Democrats preach love and unity.
Like what power does he have? Won’t buy their socks or something in retaliation?
A lot of overseas money used to flow into our stock market. Between tariffs, “they’re lined up to kiss my ass” comments, and now threats, it will dwindle evem more.
Statesmanship is absolutely dead. It’s all a giant junior high now.
It is not a good idea to criticize the leader of a country that the current US pres is friendly with, or to threaten them with what will happen if the opposition gets back in power-especially not a Latino-they are experts in venganza-Ratskin is out his mind...
Ratskin needs to be skinned out of Congress.
Careful what you wish for, Jamie. Your kind of BS usually comes back like a boomerang to whack you in the head - and sometimes with fatal results - you treasonous bastard.
Lots of manufacturing jobs have been going out of US for 40 years.
Manufacturing is the biggest wealth creator in any country. And pays much higher than retail jobs. China went from poor country 45 years ago to biggest economy in world by PPI measure, with focus on manufacturing.
Back in the good old days, someone would have made Raskin disappear.
Statesmanship is why middle class in USA has been decimated.
Raskin is a “Maryland Man, “ I’d be willing to see Albrego come back if another Mayland man could take his place in El Salvador.
Yet another reason why the democrats can not ever control any branch of the government ever again.
I agree. I got a chuckle the other day when some article was talking about new manufacturing plants going up in the US, and then it went on to say that “but there is no machinery available to put in them”. China are the only ones that can make it in quantities that we need.
Ratskin and Goldman are vying for the title of Most Obnoxious Democrat in the House since Pencil Neck moved up
If they ever cheat thier way into power, foriegn nations will be the LEAST of thier wirries.
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