Thomas Paine’s "Common Sense," Narrated by Representative Jamie Raskin
May 25, 2026
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as posted by the channelUnited States Representative Jamie Raskin is the ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and was the Lead Impeachment Manager in the second Senate Impeachment trial of Donald Trump, which ended in a 57-43 vote to convict. He was majority whip of the Maryland State Senate and a constitutional law professor at American University. Representative Raskin shares how Thomas Paine’s Common Sense defined the stakes of the American revolution.
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