Ex-Rep. Charlie Rangel, fixture on Capitol Hill for nearly half a century, dead at 94

NY Post ^ | 5/26/25 | Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

[NJRighty]

Former Congressman Charlie Rangel, a fixture on Capitol Hill for nearly half a century, has died, it was announced Monday. He was 94.

Rangel, a Harem political institution, was first elected to Congress in 1971 by defeating the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. for the seat.

[Jane Long]

I thought he had passed, previously.

94 is a good run.

[AppyPappy]

Now who is going to take his bribes?

[BipolarBob]

No worries, he’ll still be voting and collecting SS.

[Texas Eagle]

Rangel, a Harem political institution...

Aren't they all?

[plain talk]

Rangel was a piece of work. He was fortunate to make it to 94.

[chajin]

Beat me by 30 seconds

[RightWingNutJob69]

I’ll take “Term Limits” for the win, Alex.

[Responsibility2nd]

He's now lying in a hotter place.

 

[NoLibZone]

“He’s dead Jim.”

[Texas Eagle]

Heh, heh.

[Responsibility2nd]

Rangel, a Harem political institution, 

So, He grifted in Harems too?

Not surprised.

[John Milner]

Only the good die young.

[Leaning Right]

Rangel was your typical Democrat rascal.

But he earned the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for valor during the Korean War. The guy was a genuine war hero. Respect to him for that.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Rangel, a Harem political institution...Aren’t they all?””

Wondered who was going to catch the “Harem”....or were you just remarking about him being a political institution? Couldn’t really picture him with a Harem!!!!

[cherry]

Seemed to be a miserable man.

[HIDEK6]

RIP!

[ChronicMA]

Its seems most members in safe blue seats stay in office until they die, Rangel was an exception.

[NJRighty]

Rangel, a Harem political institution, So, He grifted in Harems too?

Ha... I didn't even notice that typo. I see they have since corrected it.

[piasa]

“Every dollar we spend with (South Africa’s segregationist government) makes us accomplices in their crimes!” had thundered Congressman Charles Rangel while lobbying for the South Africa embargo, a U.S. diplomatic policy almost unanimously hailed by the U.S. media and political establishment and passed by Congress in 1986 as the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act.

“No true friend of democracy can also be a friend of (South Africa’s segregationist government.) In any business dealings with (this government) we become tainted by association!” continued Congressman Rangel.

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Meanwhile, Rangel, who supported sanctions against S. Africa, was against sanctions on Cuba, which has been holding political prisoners in much more brutal conditions than Mandela experienced.