Former New York Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel has handed away.
He was 94.
Rangel served 23 phrases in Congress. He was elected to Congress in 1970 and retired in 2017.
“A towering determine in American politics and a champion for justice, fairness, and alternative, Congressman Rangel devoted over 4 a long time of his life to public service,” the Rangel household stated in a statement.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams launched an announcement on Rangel’s dying.
“I’m so unhappy to lose a pricey buddy and exemplary mannequin of devotion and braveness. My prayers are together with his household, Harlem, and all who knew him,” Adams stated.
Charlie Rangel spent a lifetime serving his nation — first as a adorned veteran of the Korean Struggle, then as an assemblyman, and a congressman. For almost 50 years, he represented his neighborhood as certainly one of our metropolis’s best elected leaders.
I’m so unhappy to lose a pricey buddy…
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) May 26, 2025
Rangel beforehand attacked the Tea Social gathering motion and stated they had been part of the identical group of ‘white crackers’ who fought towards civil rights.
In 2016, Rangel called the GOP the celebration of the KKK.
