Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) had an unusually warm Twitter exchange Thursday after announcing Raskin’s cancer diagnosis a day earlier.
Sharing a Fox News headline about Raskin’s diagnosis, Green good wishes sent to her Democratic colleague.
“We often disagree but I will be praying for Jamie Raskin,” she wrote on Twitter. “Cancer is a terrible disease. I saw my father die from it and it broke my heart. It is good that Rep Raskin has hope and that his cancer can be cured with the treatment he is about to start.”
Raskin replied to Greene’s post on the platform, writing, “Thank you, Marjorie, for this moving message, which my youngest daughter showed me. I am grateful for your concern and I am very sorry to hear that you lost your father to cancer. I wish you happy holidays with loved ones.”
The posts marked a change in pace between the two reps, who are on opposite sides of the aisle and have publicly clashed on multiple occasions.
They come as Raskin begins treatment for a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that affects the white blood cells in the body’s immune system.
Raskin has said his cancer is “severe, but curable” and he will begin chemoimmunotherapy at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
“I expect to get through this period, but I have been warned by my doctors to reduce unnecessary exposure to avoid COVID-19, the flu and other viruses,” Raskin said.
Specifically, the type of cancer Raskin was diagnosed with is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which usually develops in the lymph nodes deep in the body. Although the cancer is fast growing and aggressive, it is treatable.
On Wednesday, Raskin said he plans to “get through this” and “continue to make progress every day in Congress for American democracy.”
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