GOP Officials Cross Party Lines To Support Democrat Targeted By TMZ
a handful Republican Members of Congress defended one of their ownDemocraticcounterparts on Wednesday and surprisingly this is a April Fool’s Day joke.
Congress is currently on recess for two weeks due to a partial government shutdown that began in February. other government employees It works for free.
The resulting chaos prompted TMZ to ask the public:with send a photo Number of politicians taking holidays during lockdown.
Some of the MPs caught on camera include: Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.), Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), seen on a trip to Walt Disney World Photographed at a casino bar in Las Vegas.
on wednesday,TMZ Added Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) to the ever-growing list. and posted a photo of his 12-year-old son working as a timekeeper at a basketball game.
The Florida Democrat had not commented on the story as of Wednesday afternoon, but many of his Republican colleagues appeared to think TMZ’s takedown attempt was off-base.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) took a swipe at fellow Republican Graham on X, writing that Moskowitz’s timekeeping at his child’s basketball game offered better optics than “a childless Senator at Disney.”
Other Republican members of Congress and conservative media figures also came to Moskowitz’s defense, praising him as a “Big Dad” and saying his support for his son’s team was “healthy.”
Others called out TMZ.
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And several people have floated a tongue-in-cheek conspiracy theory that Moskowitz or his staff made up the story.
