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  • Jamie Raskin disagrees with GOP dumping Steve Scalise as speaker over cancer

    10/13/2023 5:59:28 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 19 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | October 13, 2023 08:24 PM | by Jenny Goldsberry, Social Media Producer
    Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasted Republican members of Congress for rejecting House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) as speaker. Scalise was initially the party's nomination for speaker of the House but has since been replaced by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their nominee. The Louisiana representative was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a relatively uncommon but treatable blood cancer, per his announcement in August. This diagnosis was cited as a reason to remove him from the running. "I’m dumbfounded that GOP Members (& Trump!) used Steve Scalise’s cancer as a reason to abandon him on the House floor—after nominating him for...