Across the country, American taxpayers—who foot the bill for congressional district offices—attempting to visit their representatives are greeted by notifications telling constituents the government is locked to them. The Free Beacon in recent weeks found that at least eight Democratic senators locked their constituents out of their taxpayer-funded offices and that over two dozen House Democrats’ in-district offices around the nation are shut down or inaccessible to constituents.
Meanwhile, most of the businesses surrounding them are fully open. In Las Vegas, for example, work from home was halted for city employees last March, and hospitality workers show up daily to cater to the hordes of tourists who drive the state’s economy. Minutes from the bustling Las Vegas strip, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) has her government office shut off to visitors.
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These findings imply that Democrats’ office closures extend far beyond the U.S. Capitol, where a Free Beacon investigation last month found dozens of offices shuttered. Democrats in public statements have attempted to move past the pandemic, with President Joe Biden using last month’s State of the Union address to encourage Americans to get back to work.
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The Democrats’ office closures come as many elected officials are campaigning in-person and crossing the country for in-person fundraisers. In New Hampshire, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D.) regularly hosts in-person campaign events yet has her office closed due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, according to a sign posted on her office door. Last month, she attended an indoor campaign event alongside Rep. Chris Pappas (D., N.H.). A Free Beacon source found Pappas’s state offices also closed in the middle of the workday.
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Government spending disclosures reveal that Pappas’s office spends nearly $5,000 a month renting his district offices and $255 a month for “district office parking.” Pappas’s office denied the office was closed, disputing that the footage obtained by the Free Beacon from a Tuesday afternoon during business hours shows a locked office door. A spokesman insisted the office was open for regular business hours when the Free Beacon‘s source visited. The source claimed the office is telling a “blatant lie.”
“I rang the doorbell, hung out for three to four minutes, then took the video,” he said. “Why would the door be locked at 4:18 pm on a Tuesday if someone is there?”
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