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IrelandRaskin says Stevens' endorsement backfired, but hesitates over expulsion
The Financial Express compilation pairs his response to Michigan's election fallout with an argument for stronger congressional oversight.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 219,595 views a day, 56 times a normal first day on this channel (3,930).
'That Strategy Backfired!' Raskin Takes Brutal Swipe at Haley Stevens After Abdul's Win
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- 0:00Raskin says Stevens' endorsement of Mike Rogers backfired by galvanizing the Democratic base.
- 0:41Asked about caucus expulsion, Raskin says he has not thought it through and cautions against discarding colleagues.
- 2:27The compilation switches to an address arguing that Congress has a primary constitutional role as the lawmaking branch.
- 3:40Raskin highlights Congress's Article I powers, including declaring war and controlling appropriations.
- 5:55With Neera Tanden, Raskin argues that the president must faithfully execute laws enacted by Congress.
- 7:01He defends broad congressional oversight and subpoena powers as tools for restoring constitutional rule of law.
Haley Stevens' backing of Republican Mike Rogers helped galvanize Democrats rather than divide them, Jamie Raskin says in a discussion following Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory. But asked whether she should be expelled from the Democratic caucus, he does not endorse that step.
The distinction is the most revealing part of a Financial Express upload whose title promises a "brutal swipe." Raskin criticizes the strategy, then takes a more cautious line on what should happen to his colleague. He says he has not thought the expulsion question through and invokes the damage politics can do to friendships.
He also argues that Democrats should not imitate Donald Trump's treatment of people as disposable. "I don't think Democrats should be like that," he says.
The compilation drew about 220,000 views in its first day, more than fifty times the channel's usual start for regular videos. Its comment section was also substantially busier than usual.
The Michigan exchange is only the opening section. After roughly two and a half minutes, the upload switches to a Center for American Progress Action Fund event, where Raskin makes a broader constitutional argument: Congress writes the laws, controls appropriations and holds the power to declare war.
In conversation with Neera Tanden, he says the president's responsibility is to faithfully execute those laws. He closes by defending congressional oversight and subpoena powers as tools for restoring the constitutional rule of law.
A Democratic U.S. representative for Michigan’s 11th congressional district since 2019. Her district covers most of urbanized Oakland County, including many northern Detroit suburbs.
More on Wikipedia ›A Republican who represented Michigan’s 8th congressional district in the U.S. House from 2001 to 2015. He chaired the House Intelligence Committee from 2011 to 2015.
More on Wikipedia ›A Democratic U.S. representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district since 2017. He is also an attorney and law professor.
More on Wikipedia ›Michigan’s U.S. senator-elect, an epidemiologist and academic.
More on Wikipedia ›President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tank. She directed the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2023 to 2025.
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- Channel
- The Financial Express
- Subscribers
- 642,000 ▲ 19,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 15,245,999
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,936,391 (on a normal day: 2,221,264)
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 218,448 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 219,595
The numbers
The Raskin compilation drew an unusually large first-day audience for The Financial Express, alongside a sharp increase in comments.
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Which article of the U.S. Constitution establishes Congress?
Article I establishes the legislative branch and sets out Congress's powers.