EXCLUSIVE: House Democrats' offices are closed and locked despite Hakeem Jeffries attacking House GOP for "vacation"
Rep. Jeffries is "sick" that House Republicans are on vacation. Several House Democrats missed the memo, according to videos obtained by the Washington Reporter.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) blasted House Republicans yesterday for going on what he described as a “vacation.” The Republicans’ antics, he said, made him “sick.”
However, it is House Democrats who appear to be out to lunch, on Election Day in particular, according to photos and videos obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter.
Democrats, including ones running for election today, closed their offices, sending a message to any constituent who would need them in Washington, D.C. that they are not able to help them.
One closed office belongs to Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D., N.J.) who is hoping New Jerseyans elect her to represent them full time as their next governor. But Sherrill is nowhere near alone, as it turns out. The Reporter previously exposed how Jeffries’s personal office was closed just hours into the Schumer Shutdown. His office has since been open, and was open on Election Day as well.
But other House Democrats, including potential presidential candidates as well as rank-and-file members, had their offices closed as millions of Americans cast their votes in elections from New Jersey to California.
According to videos and photos obtained by the Reporter, Rep. Greg Casar (D., Texas), the Chairman of the House’s Congressional Progressive Caucus, had his office locked. Rep. Nikema Williams (D., Ga.) had her office locked to the public; so too did Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D., Calif.).
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D., Ariz.), whose office was locked to the public, even has a “missing” poster of Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) next to her office, which had no one available to meet with constituents.
While House Democrats across the Capitol had their offices locked on Election Day, this phenomenon is not even restricted just to one day. According to other photos and videos reviewed by the Reporter, Democratic offices belonging to Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.), a potential presidential candidate, for example, had papers piled up outside it during business hours as well.
