House GOP did not tell Raskin to remove head covering

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This is just one reason that Twitter Sucks. The lie spreads quickly.

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.”

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

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1. Why I didn't jump on the rec wagon yesterday.

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2. old enough to remember when 197 republicans (unsuccessfully) voted against head coverings

...for religious practice.

The newly revised rule still bans headwear of the nonreligious kind.

Fuck them if they were misrepresented on this.

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3. guess it seemed believable enough to DU

that republicans would do that. It's not that far fetched.

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4. As believevable

as MAGA's found Pizzagate? Or is that different?

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9. seems different in degree

the pizza gate story is a lot more outlandish. There's some chance some of the crazy Republicans there might have done this. Whereas pizzagate is just insane.

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5. Is that the new standard for DU: lies are okay if the poster believes them to be true?

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8. Huh? I said it was something Republicans might do

and that they would do it was believable, leading to less scrutiny. Not that you should still believe it after finding out it did not happen that way.

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6. A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes

Thus is the problem with twitter and other social media platforms. The rush to get unchecked information out. Happens with a lot of stuff. This is silly and small but, big lies move just as quickly.

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7. so what?

...who cares if republicans were misrepresented on this?

The House rules still prohibit head coverings, and no one should put it past such a nihilistic party to make such a complaint. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN republicans voted against the wearing of religious headgear. They don't deserve defending on anything, much less this likely accusation.

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10. If it's not true, it's not true.

Doubling down on misinformation helps no one. When Speaker Pelosi was the Speaker, there was a prohibition on head coverings, when speaker Wright, Foley, Oneill, Albert McCormack….they all had rules against head coverings too.

Who cares if the republicans were represented, me, who cares when democrats are misrepresented, me again. Nothing wrong with admitting the mistake and moving on.