Jamie Raskin (D-MD), whose son passed away last week, receives a standing ovation from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Soon enough, the family found itself rushing for safety, Raskin from the House floor, and Tabitha and Hank from the second-floor gallery. Mere moments before the violence in the Capitol, Raskin got a standing ovation from his colleagues, as he thanked them for their support during his family’s time of mourning. Instead, the family found itself in the midst of a riot. He brought his daughter, Tabitha, and his son-in-law, Hank (who is married to his eldest daughter, Hannah), to the Capitol with him, hoping to provide a distraction from grief, as well as an opportunity to observe, first hand, a historic election. On Wednesday, he went back to work - specifically, to vote to certify the election. Last Tuesday, Raskin and his family said goodbye to Tommy with a simple Jewish burial. In the days that followed, as he was still wearing a torn black ribbon pinned to his lapel, as many mourning Jews do, life remained unrelenting for the Jewish congressman. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) lost his son, Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin, to depression.
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