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Jamie Raskin gives his House GOP colleagues a grammar lesson

John Fea   |  March 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

Earlier this year we shared historian Lawrence Glickman’s piece at Slate on why Republicans insist on calling their political opponents the “Democrat Party.” Read it here.

I thought about this piece today after I watched Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin respond to Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert on the floor of the House:

Raskin to Boebert: Democrat is the noun. When you use it as an adjective, you say Democratic.. As if every time we mentioned the other party it just came out with a kind of political speech impediment like, oh, the Banana Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/eSVfqzeZqN

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 28, 2023

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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Democratic Party, grammar, House of Representatives, Jamie Raskin, Lauren Boebert

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