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. “And I will make them take off their toupees,” Caygle quoted Raskin as saying. 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. “You would think they would have compassion for a colleague with cancer but they are monsters.”īut Republicans have not imposed such a rule, and that false claim appears to stem from a misunderstanding of a joke Raskin made earlier in the day.

“Kevin McCarthy has insisted Jamie Raskin remove the headscarf he is wearing because chemotherapy has caused his hair to fall out,” wrote another user, in a tweet with 34,000 likes, referring to the Republican House speaker. Jamie Raskin to remove the cap he’s been wearing while he undergoes chemo treatment for CANCER,” wrote one Twitter user, in a post that had been liked nearly 30,000 times by Wednesday. “If there was ever any doubt about how scummy House Republicans are, they want Rep. But as the new Republican House majority takes control, confusion over a joke Raskin made about House rules governing headgear has fueled a false rumor on social media. THE FACTS: Raskin, who announced he’d been diagnosed with lymphoma last year, attended the year’s first House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday wearing a bandana. Republicans have made no such request and have in fact been nothing but supportive, a spokesperson for Raskin told The Associated Press. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, to remove the headwear he’s donned on the House floor while undergoing chemotherapy.ĪP’S ASSESSMENT: False. “I ask all Marylanders to keep the Raskin family in your prayers.”įuneral and memorial service arrangements will be announced at a later time.CLAIM: House Republicans are requiring Rep. Larry Hogan wrote, “The First Lady and I extend our deepest sympathies over this heartbreaking loss.”

All our thoughts are with the Raskin family, and we pray for support to envelop them in this unimaginable time.” “Tommy was an incredible and brilliant beam of light. “My heart completely shatters for my dear friend Sarah, and their family in this devastating loss,” New York Rep. Tributes to the young man and condolences for the family poured in Thursday night. In addition to his parents, Thomas is survived by his sisters, Hannah and Tabitha grandparents Arlene Bloom and Lynn Raskin and dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, the statement said. Raskin’s office said the congressman and his family are “grateful for the outpouring of support and love from neighbors, constituents, and friends” but asked everyone to “observe strict COVID-19 protocols during this time of grief.” The statement did not provide a cause or manner of death. We are devastated and demolished to be without him.”

“He passionately loved his family, friends, and animals, and was devoted to the cause of the global poor. “His brilliance and compassion knew no bounds,” the lawmaker and his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, said of their son. Thomas Bloom Raskin, a second-year student at Harvard Law School, was remembered as “pure magic” in a statement from his parents. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has died, the congressman’s office said on Thursday. James Comer threatens ‘unchecked’ John Kerry with subpoena over China climate talks Transgender Montana pol barred from House floor for rest of 2023 session over ‘blood on your hands’ protest It’s on you, Dems: House Republicans pass debt ceiling bill after McCarthy concessions House Hearing erupts after Republican calls out Swalwell spy games: ‘Don’t say that s–t’

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