House Republicans are making Jamie Raskin remove the cap he has been wearing as he undergoes cancer

[RandySF]

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Brittney💙

@AZ_Brittney
House Republicans are making Jamie Raskin remove the cap he has been wearing as he undergoes cancer treatments. I find this disgusting. I stand with Jamie Raskin, do you? ❤️

[Lovie777]

1. GQP so called Christians.....

[lindysalsagal]

18. Yup. The ones who believe they should have total power over

Us. Religion is not the benevolent paradigm it pretends to be. We have to grow up and take care of each other, not the imaginary sky gods.

[gldstwmn]

30. +1000

[FalloutShelter]

2. I can't stand it!

They are like cruel school yard bullies. Really… fuck them!

[patricia92243]

3. What reason do they give for this?

[a kennedy]

4. Oh for gawd sake. What the absolute fawk is wrong with these people?? 🤬 🤬 🤬

[bottomofthehill]

5. I am not sure this is correct.

File under dont believe everything you read on Twitter

[GusBob]

6. Searched for a link

No luck

[bottomofthehill]

8. Watching Cspan earlier he was on the Floor with the head covering on.

[W_HAMILTON]

9. From an editor at Punchbowl News:

Link to tweet

[bottomofthehill]

58. House GOP did not tell Raskin to remove head covering

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-raskin-cap-house-republicans-701679165782

In a Tuesday tweet, Punchbowl News reporter Heather Caygle wrote that Raskin had received a standing ovation in a House Democratic Caucus meeting after saying he’d push back on Republican efforts to make him remove his headwear. “And I will make them take off their toupees,” Caygle quoted Raskin as saying.

Jacob Wilson, a spokesperson for Raskin, told the AP in an email that Raskin “was responding lightheartedly to a hypothetical question from a colleague” at the caucus meeting. According to Caygle’s tweet, he was asked “what he would do if Republicans made him take off his headwear on the House floor.”

Caygle clarified in a follow-up tweet that Raskin said no House Republicans have spoken to him about hat rules. Caygle declined further comment when reached by email. Wilson said the Democrat “has received nothing but support and encouragement from all of his colleagues and leaders on both sides of the aisle.”

[Bev54]

26. I think the repubs have talked about it but not sure it is going anywhere.

[PlanetBev]

7. I'm in tears

I just heard on Joy Reid’s show that one of the books they’re banning in Florida schools is “The Life of Rosa Parks and now I read this. He has every right to wear that bandana.

It’s like a fright train of lunatics that’s picking up cargo and speed minute by minute.

On edit, I hope this is a false report.

[liberal_mama]

10. There is no compassion in this country anymore, only evil. I used to be a nice person, but now all I

do is wish bad things would happen to these shitters.

My sister said to me today, "I wish we could move to a different country."

My son said to me today, "I think DeSantis is going to be the next President."

If that happens, this country will be so fucked that we will have to flee.

I just can't take the evil anymore.

[emulatorloo]

13. Keep the faith. Remember when Scott Walker was going to be the next President?

And when Gov. Rick Perry was going to be the next President?

The more voters learned about them, the less they liked them.

They went from “The Next Big Thing” to forgettable has-beens.

I think it will be the same with DeSantis once he gets on the National stage. His crap may fly in Red Florida but not with the majority of voters.

[liberal_mama]

17. I sure hope that's the case because DeSantis is not only evil, but he's smart

That scares me so much.

[FSogol]

33. Excellent post. Totally agree. n/t

[maxrandb]

45. I remember all that, but then I remember Donny Dipshit "was" elected President

This may be something this country does not recover from.

Everything that Asspickle touches dies, and we let the bastard get this hands all over America

In the meantime, our "fantastic" press is back to treating the current Retrumplican party like a normal opposition party.

This country is fucked.

[emulatorloo]

46. Donnie has charisma, like it or not. DeSantis and the guys I mentioned do not.

[sheshe2]

11. This is the second time I have seen a version of this posted.

I have tried to find a credible source and have not found one. I did see this whole vid elsewhere and the GOP chair, or whoever he was, spoke and had very kind words for Raskin's cancer fight.

Look, I hate the GOP as much as anyone here, yet is there more than a twitter source?

[W_HAMILTON]

12. From an editor at Punchbowl News:

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

14. I saw that one too.

However I still can't find a source. As for punchbowl...I not joining to find out.

[W_HAMILTON]

15. Punchbowl News is reputable.

It was founded by several old Politico contributors, most notably Jake Sherman, who you will probably recognize if you watch any sort of daytime news.

[sheshe2]

24. Not saying they are not.

However a tweet is not a credible article.

I did find this about the standing ovation.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) received an ovation Tuesday at the House Oversight Committee’s first meeting since he started cancer treatment, sporting a bandana look he credited to a famous rocker.

“We’re all rooting for you,” committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told Raskin at the start of the hearing, which was also the panel’s first meeting of the year. “We know that you’re going to win this battle. You’re in our thoughts and prayers, and it’s good to see you here today.”

Raskin said that he hoped all the well wishes he’d received would become “seeds of friendship over the year” and that he planned to beat his illness. The ranking member seemed to blush as the room burst into applause.

https://news.yahoo.com/jamie-raskin-credits-steven-van-213645488.html

[W_HAMILTON]

32. If she were wrong, I'm sure she would issue a correction...

...because that's what reputable journalists from reputable news organizations do.

Link to tweet

It sounds as if the random tweet from the original post may have misconstrued reporting such as hers, which is maybe where the problem began...

[onenote]

51. Has she issued a follow up?

Or does she not have to say anything further because Raskin apparently said what she reported? Seems like, given the reaction to her tweet, she'd offer the clarification that Raskin was joking.

https://politizoom.com/house-gop-rules-that-rep-jaime-raskin-remove-his-cap-as-he-undergoes-chemo-twitter-goes-insane/

[W_HAMILTON]

52. Yes, she did actually:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[onenote]

55. Glad to see. But there's a lesson to be learned here

Maybe before rushing to publish a tweet about what Raskin said based on what others thought he was saying she should’ve first asked Raskin about it. That would be good journalistic practice.

[fierywoman]

16. And yet there's no problem with Gym Jorden ALWAYS being on the House floor in shirtsleeves?

[LiberalLovinLug]

28. Or reps carrying in loaded pistols after they removed the metal detectors.

[Captain Zero]

42. Or now smoking?

Smoking has killed millions of Americans, including second hand smoke.

[Retrograde]

34. My thoughts exactly

if they have no problem with Gym Jordan flouting dress rules, it should be OK for someone with a temporary (I hope!) medical condition to wear an appropriate medical-related item.

[former9thward]

60. The tweet was a lie.

See #52

[brooklynite]

19. Do you have a source besides one random Twitter poster?

Seems inconsistent with this other post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217605280

[TheRickles]

25. Thanks for (re)posting this rebuttal - much more credible, as a direct quote from a named source.

[druidity33]

49. Wasn't the source Raskin in his floor speech?

Wouldn't it be in the record?

[Greybnk48]

21. He can take the cap off when Gymbag Jorden puts a jacket on

and stops walking around like a podunk.

[Skittles]

44. just curious but

why is it that MTG can go sleeveless but Gym has to wear a jacket

[Greybnk48]

65. It's just standard dress codes. Dresses or women's suits are acceptable.

Men are expected to wear a jacket. It makes no sense, but it's tradition and protocol. It pisses me off that someone as low, dumb, and crass as Jim Jorden, comes in there and scoffs at honored traditions like he's important enough to change things. He's a big nothing (or actually a shrimpy one).

I've since learned that no one told Senator Raskin to take off the scarf, so some of us got riled up for nothing.

[Skittles]

66. not standard anywhere I have ever worked

sleeveless strictly forbidden

[republianmushroom]

22. well they are a classless bunch. What is to be expected of them.

[News Junkie]

23. Raskin should clarify who is making what efforts

Did he mean he would fight any efforts made, or that such efforts were being made?

[frogstar0]

27. What about guys with rugs on their heads?

The Dems should demand that all the guys with rugs on thier head need to remove them too.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. What??!

[former9thward]

61. The tweet was a lie.

See #52. It was designed to make people outraged. It worked.

[Rhiannon12866]

62. Thanks!

I saw his appearance on MSNBC last night, wearing his cap, and he said that everyone had been very kind and supportive.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Twitter reply:

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[Takket]

39. what an embarassment to our country for an elected representative to be armed in Congress.

Congress is supposed to be a place of the brightest minds. Of scholars participating in impassioned debate, where reason and compromise turn into this wonderful thing called democracy......... and rethugs are treating it like some dive bar on the wrong side of the tracks.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. And an effort to embarrass Jamie Raskin who is still fighting the good fight and showing up

[onenote]

35. Raskin comment about republicans reaction to his cancer

Raskin said Oversight Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who appeared separately Sunday on "State of the Union," has "been very kind" following the diagnosis.

"Chairman Comer has been very kind to me, and I've gotten lots of support across the aisle and from all my colleagues, and I'm very grateful for that," Raskin said.

[Lonestarblue]

36. Hair acts as an insulator, and many cancer patients find they need a cap of some sort to maintain

their temperature. Several friends who have lost their hair to chemo reported that especially in winter they needed something on their heads. It’s bad enough that he is undergoing chemo. Now Republicans want to strip him of one thing he may need to feel better. What heartless pigs they are (apologies to pigs).

[ornotna]

41. Maybe he can borrow

a wig from Dolly Parton?

That would tweak them for sure.

[Captain Zero]

43. Get a Donald Trump wig and wear it.

Really.

[emulatorloo]

47. +++

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

59. I can lend him a wig. ...

Anyone named "Bozo" has many wigs, in many colors. Big shoes, too, if those are needed.

Bonus: If Jim Jordan get laryngitis, I can lend him a loud horn with a big red bulb to squeeze. It will make him sound more intelligent.

[ornotna]

63. You made me laugh

Hope you’re happy with yourself.

[dflprincess]

37. As always with the GQP

the cruelty is the point.

[Joinfortmill]

38. There is no bottom for these people

[Tickle]

48. Was it a joke

or did it happen? I'm confused 🤔

[WarGamer]

50. still no credible source...

But hat tip to Punch Bowl, thousands of people now believe it.

[Initech]

53. God, what a bunch of assholes!!!

[onenote]

54. Please read post 52

[Horse with no Name]

56. Shameful.

When my mom was undergoing chemo and lost her hair, she told me she was shocked at how cold her head got and she lived in Arizona.
I hate these people.

[onenote]

57. Please read post #52

[Hortensis]

64. You failed to verify before hating. This isn't true. nt

[Skittles]

67. this is false

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-jamie-raskin-cap-chemotherapy-republicans-house-representatives-1778293