Jamie Raskin Blasts Alina Habba’s Odd Comments About Brett Kavanaugh: ‘This Is the Way New York Mobsters Think’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) did not mince words when addressing some highly unusual comments by a lawyer representing former President Donald Trump .

Appearing on Fox News on Thursday, Trump attorney Alina Habba predicted that the Supreme Court would restore her client’s name on presidential ballots in states that removed it. Officials and Colorado and Maine cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars from office those who have engaged in “insurrection” against the U.S. Those states concluded that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election – which culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot – meet the criteria.

At one point, Habba oddly name-checked Justice Brett Kavanaugh and claimed he would “step up” for Trump.

“I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court,” Habba said . “I have faith in them. You know, people like [Brett] Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place , he’ll step up. Those people will step up.”

Raskin addressed her comments Friday night on MSNBC, just hours after the Supreme Court said it would hear Trump’s case.

“Well, this is the way that New York mobsters think about judges,” he said. “Yeah, we own that one. We own that one. Get in that court. That guy’s in our pocket. And for fascists and authoritarian parties and movements, the law is really not what you know, but it’s who you know. And it’s always better for them to know the judge than to know the law. But to know the law here is to understand that Donald Trump is disqualified.”

Raskin added that disqualification due to insurrection is no different from constitutional disqualifications on other grounds.

“And there’s nothing undemocratic about it, which is why I keep hearing from the far precincts of the right,” he continued. “It’s no more undemocratic than saying that you’ve gotta be 35 years old to be president, which means that there are a lot of qualified Democrats and Republicans and independents who simply can’t run because they’re not qualified under the Constitution – just like a lot of people born abroad don’t meet the native birth qualification. ”

Watch above via MSNBC.