Democrats ran on lowering costs. Two days after winning back Congress, one of their most senior House members is talking about something else: going after the businesses and law firms that worked with President Trump.
In a clip that spread across X on Thursday, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin promised that the new Democratic majority would turn its subpoena power on companies he accused of “collaborating” with the president, Townhall reported. After Tuesday’s midterm sweep, Democrats will control both chambers in January, which hands House committees exactly the subpoena power Raskin described.
“We will not hesitate to go after private corporations that are collaborating in all of the lawlessness with Donald Trump,” Raskin said. “And we’ve done it before, and we will absolutely do it again.”
He singled out one of the best-known firms in the country by name. “There are major law firms in America, including Paul Weiss, that have capitulated to these coercive tactics by Donald Trump, and have basically surrendered and made all kinds of outrageous concessions,” he said.
Raskin made clear the letters Democrats already sent were only the start. “We’ve sent a number of letters to those law firms,” he said, “and they have been not forthcoming up until now. But when we have the power of subpoena, and we have the power to conduct oversight, we believe a lot of these law firms are going to be coming forward and telling the truth.”
Firms that resist, he warned, would be branded lawless. “Otherwise, they are law firms that have no respect for the rule of law, and we’re going to make sure that they comply with the congressional subpoena,” Raskin said. “It is the exact same legal force as a judicial subpoena does.”
Townhall’s Amy Curtis opened her report with the question voters will be asking: “Do you feel your gas prices are getting lower, Americans? What about your grocery bills?”
On X, the account @WesternLensman offered its own translation of the clip: “We will try to destroy any company or firm that dared to work with the Trump administration.” The same account pointed out that Susan Rice had made a similar promise in February. “They buried this rhetoric during the campaign, of course,” it wrote.
NewsBusters asked the obvious follow-up: “So this wasn’t about ‘free healthcare’ or ‘affordability’ at all, was it?” Commentator Xi Van Fleet was blunter: “That’s exactly how they will improve ‘affordability’ for the American people.”
For companies, the message is hard to miss. Work with the administration in power, and expect a subpoena when power changes hands. For voters who were promised cheaper groceries and cheaper gas, the first item on the new majority’s agenda looks a lot more like payback than relief.
Source: townhall.com
