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Trump Calls for Raskin Expulsion, Highlights Constitutional Ignorance

6/12/2026

Summary

Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump used Truth Social to demand Congress expel Rep. Jamie Raskin, echoing Mark Levin.
Rep. Jamie Raskin said U.S. President Donald Trump needs a basic constitutional primer on war powers and taxation.
The Wall Street Journal reported that expelling a member has occurred only three times since the Civil War and that U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a symbolic impeachment-expunge resolution with Speaker Mike Johnson open.

History

Historical Context

The Constitution lets the House expel a member with a two-thirds vote; only six have ever been removed, three in 1861 for joining the Confederacy—John B. Clark, John W. Reid and Henry C. Burnett, a record that still stands in 2024. Donald Trump’s 2024 call to oust Rep. Jamie Raskin echoes the same authority used by Speaker Schuyler Colfax during those Civil-War expulsions.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump used Truth Social to demand Congress expel Rep. Jamie Raskin, echoing Mark Levin.
Rep. Jamie Raskin said U.S. President Donald Trump needs a basic constitutional primer on war powers and taxation.
The Wall Street Journal reported that expelling a member has occurred only three times since the Civil War and that U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a symbolic impeachment-expunge resolution with Speaker Mike Johnson open.

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