Jamie Raskin throws down the gauntlet

| 5:00 pm EDT April 29, 2022
Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand the difficult era we're heading into. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight. We're funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can donate here.

Here’s the thing about savvy people in politics. They know that if some hearing or event is going to be underwhelming, they need to tamp down public expectations in advance. The only time they’ll work to ramp up public expectations if they know that the payoff is going to be even bigger than any expectations they can set.

Congressman Jamie Raskin, a member of the January 6th Committee, just tweeted this: “We now have evidence to support the story of the worst presidential political offense against the Union in American history. The January 6th Committee hearings in June will expose every facet of the assault against our democracy and Constitution on 1/6.”

Raskin is certainly savvy enough to know that you don’t throw down the gauntlet like this unless you have goods to exceed even the raised expectations you’re setting.