2 House Members Have Been Absent For Weeks, Missing Dozens Of Votes
Her team kept posting curated social media updates and reused old photos as she missed House votes and committee hearings without explanation.
- Democratic Florida Representative Frederica Wilson has missed over 40 consecutive House votes since April 17, marking a nearly four-week absence from the Capitol without public explanation.
- While Wilson remains absent, her team has curated social media accounts to suggest she is still working, reusing October photographs flagged by Capitol Hill correspondent Jamie Dupree.
- Facing a Democratic primary challenge on August 18, Wilson's re-election bid in Florida's 24th Congressional District is complicated by her absence, endangering her tenure against challenger Christine Sanon-Jules Olivo.
- This situation mirrors the recent absence of New Jersey Republican Representative Thomas Kean Jr., who missed 68 votes since early March before House Speaker Mike Johnson contacted him regarding a 'personal health matter.'
- These disappearances threaten party majorities as voters and reporters continue questioning the transparency surrounding prolonged, unexplained absences from the House floor, raising broader concerns about elderly members of Congress.
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Another lawmaker is missing in action amid month-long absence from voting
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Second lawmaker mysteriously disappears from Congress
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Questions Mount as Democratic Congresswoman Misses 43rd Consecutive Vote
Although her media machine keeps churning out material, an 83-year-old Democratic member of Congress has not managed to vote in almost a month. “Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FL missed all 10 […] The post Questions Mount as Democratic Congresswoman Misses 43rd Consecutive Vote appeared first on The Western Journal.
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