Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Georgia) and Rep. Jamie Ruskin (D-Maryland) had an uncharacteristically warm Twitter exchange on Thursday after Ruskin’s cancer diagnosis was announced the day before. did.
Ruskin Diagnosis, Sharing Fox News Headlines on Green sent good wishes to her Democratic colleague.
“Prayers for Jamie Ruskin as we often disagree,” she wrote on Twitter. It’s good that Senator Ruskin is hopeful and that the treatment he’s about to start will cure his cancer.”
Ruskin replied to Greene’s message at the podium, writing: Thank you for your concern and I am so sorry to hear that you lost his father to cancer. Have a happy holiday with your loved ones. ”
The message marked the change in pace between the two representatives who were on opposite sides of the aisle and had openly clashed on numerous occasions.
They occur when Ruskin is beginning treatment for a common type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that affects the white blood cells of the body’s immune system.
Raskin says his cancer is “serious but curable” and he is starting chemoimmunotherapy at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC.
“I hope I can get through this period, but I have been warned by doctors to reduce unnecessary exposures to avoid COVID-19, the flu, and other viruses,” Ruskin said. rice field.
The type of cancer Raskin was diagnosed with was specifically diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which usually arises in lymph nodes deep within the body. Cancer is fast-growing, aggressive, but treatable.
On Wednesday, Ruskin said he plans to “get through this” and “continue to move forward every day in Congress for American democracy.”