WASHINGTON—Like enthusiastic audience members tossing bouquets on stage after a performance that pleases them, fans of a new Republican congressman from Florida are showering him with appreciation for the public positions he’s taking in Congress.
But instead of giving Rep. Randy Fine flowers, his supporters are sending him yarmulkes.
About a dozen of the traditional Jewish skullcaps have arrived at his congressional office with missives expressing solidarity with his stand against anti-Semitism. Part of traditional religious garb, the yarmulkes in a rainbow of designs now fill a drawer in his Capitol Hill desk.
“People want me to wear their kippah on the House floor, and I’m happy to do it,” Fine said, using an alternate word for the headcovering worn by some Jewish men….