Jamie Raskin Invokes Shakespeare To Describe Current Political Climate: 'Hell Is Empty And All Devils Are Here'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Sunday likened the current political climate to Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.”

What Happened: Raskin, in an interview on MSNBC’s ‘Inside with Jen Psaki,’ drew parallels between the tumultuous political landscape and a passage from The Tempest.

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Aware of Raskin’s fondness for Shakespearean literature, Psaki inquired if there was any particular play that he found relevant to the present times.

“Well, there’s a passage in The Tempest: ‘Hell is empty and all the devils are here.’ I thought about that a number of times,” Raskin said, according to Washington Examiner.

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Raskin further elaborated on the role of technology in shaping the current political scenario, emphasizing its potential use by both democrats and his political opponents.

“Every generation has to decide how to choose. Will the 21st century be essentially of democracy and freedom and use of all extraordinary technologies to expand human happiness and prosperity, or is it going to be the use of the technologies by bullies and autocrats and tyrants to oppress people?” Raskin said.

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“You can see it going and either direction.”

Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Raskin, in another show, called Jan. 6 events “a very carefully orchestrated and choreographed plot to overthrow the election” by Donald Trump. 

“Trump and his followers would invite us to believe that all of this was some kind of spontaneous eruption at a rally that just got a little bit out of control,” Raskin said on The Katie Phang Show.

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