Raskin says Harris is following Trump in trying to censor the press
Jamie RaskinU.S. representative for Maryland's 8th District
Raskin says Harris is following Donald Trump in efforts to censor and stifle the press.
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Harris's attempt to stop the reporter recording public remarks amounts to censorship of the press.
“But he’s obviously following Donald Trump in his efforts to censor and stifle the press.”
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Where this statement fits
Andy Harris warns reporter Cat Murphy of a prosecutor referral over recording a press briefing
Rep. Andy Harris told Capital News Service reporter Cat Murphy to stop recording an October 13, 2026, post-debate press briefing in Cambridge, Maryland. He said she was violating the law, threatened a prosecutor referral and asked for an officer. Harris invoked Maryland's two-party consent rule, and other reporters in the room disputed it. The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association later said his reading of the rule was wrong. Rep. Jamie Raskin criticized the attempt to stop a journalist recording public remarks.
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Raskin criticizes stopping a reporter recording public remarks; the article includes Murphy and press-association responses.
Before the quotation
Raskin was commenting on Harris's attempt to stop Murphy recording the briefing. He first said that a person speaking to the press publicly does not get to pick and choose who is recording.
After the quotation
The Banner reported the remarks alongside a Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association statement saying Harris's reading of the consent rule was wrong.
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Raskin expressly characterizes the conduct under scrutiny as censorship and stifling the press.
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