Jerry Nadler Stepping Down From Top Spot On Judiciary Committee, Endorses Jamie Raskin

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Dec 4, 2024, 03:46 PM EST | Updated 3 minutes ago



WASHINGTON ― Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced Wednesday he wouldn’t run to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next year, endorsing Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) as his replacement.

“As our country faces the return of Donald Trump, and the renewed threats to our democracy and our way of life that he represents, I am very confident that Jamie would ably lead the Judiciary Committee as we confront this growing danger,” Nadler wrote in a letter to his colleagues obtained by the Associated Press.

Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, announced his bid to take over as the top Democrat on judiciary this week, saying the committee would be “the headquarters of Congressional opposition to authoritarianism.”

The highest-ranking member of the minority party sits beside the committee chair and plays a significant role in hearings. Under Raskin’s leadership, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee frequently undermined Republican messaging as that committee tried but failed to come up with impeachment material against President Joe Biden.

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[bagimin]

1. Gotta be good news..

for a change.

[Earthrise]

2. Thank you, Rep. Nadler for your service and for stepping aside to allow Rep. Raskin to guide the committee.

[msfiddlestix]

3. Good. Although, it's a kinda "day late-dollar short" things, cuz this shoulda happened 4 years ago

not that it's going to make a huge difference now, but just the same I'm glad this action was taken.

[Grins]

4. OK. He's 77.

Now announce you will not run in 2026.

In Nov. 2026 he will be 79 and 5-months old and been in congress for 32 years! That’s long enough!

Spend your remaining years grooming your replacement.
Who is in his/her 40’s or early 50’s.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. The sad thing was

when NY redistricted after the 2020 census, his district and Carolyn Maloney's district were combined and they had to run against each other, and she lost. She's 78 now so they are contemporaries but that redistricting mess in NY took out some good Democrats.

[onecaliberal]

6. This is very good news.

[FakeNoose]

8. Thank you Rep. Jerry Nadler! It's time to pass the torch...

This will be meaningful, especially if Hakeem Jeffries should win the Speakership.

[Swede]

9. I'm good with this.

Both are good men.