Representative Raskin says his son Thomas died at 25

representative Jamie raskinJamin (Jamie) Ben Raskin Democrats debate fate of Trump polls if Biden wins Congress must repeal tax breaks for the wealthy passed in CARES COVID-19 law and presidential succession issue MORE (D-Md.) Announced Thursday evening that his son Thomas had died, according to a statement released by his office.

Thomas Bloom Raskin, 25, was a graduate of Amherst College and a sophomore at Harvard Law School.

“Tommy was pure magic. His brilliance and compassion knew no bounds. He passionately loved his family, friends and animals and was devoted to the cause of the poor of the world, ”Raskin and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, said in the statement. “We are devastated and demolished to be without him.”

The statement did not provide a cause of death.

JUST IN: The son of Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin, Thomas Bloom Raskin, 25, died this morning at the family home in Takoma Park.

Raskin was a second year student at Harvard Law School.

“We are devastated and demolished to be without him,” the Raskin family said in a written statement. pic.twitter.com/1DroNnvEpU

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Thomas Raskin is survived by his parents, as well as his sisters, Hannah and Tabitha; grandparents, Arlene Bloom and Lynn Raskin; and dozens of extended family members and friends, the statement added.