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  • 5/23/2025
At a press briefing, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) spoke about the killings of two Israeli Embassy Staff members outside the Capitol Jewish Museum.
Transcript
00:00Thank you very much. It's now my honor to turn over to my colleague, Jamie Raskin.
00:08I'm Jamie Raskin. I represent Maryland's 8th District, which is Montgomery County, Maryland, just next door.
00:16We've come to express our sorrow, our horror, our shock, and our outrage
00:23at the grievous anti-Semitic murder of these two beautiful young people.
00:30We've come to express our sympathy and our solidarity with their families and their friends,
00:36with everyone who has been affected by this nightmare.
00:42There is no justification ever for murder. There is no justification ever for terrorism.
00:50And we must stand unified as a community against the horror that just took place in the capital city yesterday.
01:02Anti-Semitism is a threat to Jewish people everywhere.
01:09It's a threat to other people everywhere.
01:11And anti-Semitism is the gateway to destruction of pluralism and democracy all over the world.
01:23So we must stand strong against this poison.
01:27And we must stand with the victims of anti-Semitism
01:32and every other form of racism and bigotry on Earth.
01:39And I just want to thank my colleagues from out of town who have decided to stay here
01:45in order to come to make this statement as Congress adjourns.
01:50And I want to thank Brad Schneider and Jerry Nadler for their leadership of the Jewish Caucus.

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