Dear Representative Raskin. Leave the bandana home.

[question everything]

Leave the bandana home. Don't bother with it.

Yes, I know, very personal, especially with a head full of hair that you used to have.

But, you can show many of us who underwent chemotherapy and who have not, that you are OK with it. That you are not trying to hide it. That it will pass.

With best wishes.

Another cancer survivor.

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Not only that but a shaved head for guys is quite in fashion now. 😍

[Karma13612]

20. Who loves ya, baby?

Best quote ever. (Telly Savalas)

His trade mark: his shaved head. And the lollypop.

(Didn’t know until I verified the quote just now. He died from complications from two forms of cancer. )

[Lars39]

2. It's winter, he's cold.

Been there, done that, and wore a knit cap all winter, too

[mchill]

3. No bandana!!

It just looks odd.

[Solly Mack]

4. I get your point, but we all deal with it in our own way.

Also a cancer survivor.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. I support his wishes to wear ANYTHING on his head.

Hell, come to work with a turban. I don't care. It's not my head.

[PortTack]

7. This!

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

14. +1

[Lucinda]

18. +1 ❤️✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Staph]

6. I'm also a cancer survivor, with two rounds of chemo under my belt.

In the first round my head was very sensitive - to heat, cold, wind, sun, you name it. The second time, not so much. So I say, do what ever works for you, dear Representative Raskin!

[walkingman]

8. Also a cancer survivor....when I lost my hair and I had long hair.

I did not want my picture taken simply because I did not want to be reminded of it, if I was fortunate enough to survive. I also wore a beanie the entire time I was getting radiation after the chemo.

For anyone that has cancer the hair issue can be traumatic - in my case I didn't like it at all and I felt like a space alien.

Raskin - You do you!!

[Hekate]

9. It's cold, and he doesn't feel well...

Just a guess.

Baseball caps? I can think of more attractive options, as are illustrated in 18th - 19th century English novels. I’ve seen several pictures of embroidered brimless hats, often with a tassel, on the heads of distinguished older gentlemen.

[Sky Jewels]

10. Whatever makes him most comfortable

is my preference.

[Bev54]

11. It his choice and decision nobody else should be chiming in.

[question everything]

12. Could be distracting when he talks about serious affairs

[uncle ray]

16. only to non-serious people.

fuck em.

[hlthe2b]

13. Heavens. That he is even there--fighting for DEMOCRACY--rather than home dealing with his cancer

is all I need to know to say folks are WAAAAAY OFF BASE. I have nothing but the most intense admiration for Raskin--there fighting for us after the suicide death of his own son and now during his own cancer.

He can wear whatever the hell makes him feel better IMHO and people need to just GET OVER IT.

[Bucky]

15. This

💯% absolutely

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. A person wearing a bandana on their head during chemotherapy is clearly "not trying to hide it."

Let him live, sheesh.

[Lucinda]

19. The Reps are trying to force him to stop wearing it

As far as I am concerned - let him wear what he wants