Hayes Puts Politics Over People
This morning, Jahana Hayes admitted what we all already knew to be true: “House Democrats are committed to putting politics over people.”
In the very same press conference, she referenced recent tragic flooding that took place in Connecticut, but conveniently left out how she put politics over people and partied it up at the Democratic National Convention while her constituents suffered.
As a reminder, below is how House Democrat Jahana Hayes put POLITICS over PEOPLE:
- Saturday, August 17th: “Ernesto strengthens back into a hurricane, sends powerful rip currents to East Coast” CT Public
- Sunday, August 18th: “Connecticut, Long Island face renewed severe weather threat Monday following catastrophic flooding” Fox Weather
- Sunday, August 18th: Flash Flood Warning issued by CT Management & Homeland Security CTDEMHS Twitter (6:39 PM)
- Sunday, August 18th: Jahana Hayes jets sets to Chicago because “the storm had not been forewarned, there was no prediction of it…” (SEE FIRST BULLET ABOVE)
- Hayes posts multiple photos of herself enjoying the convention while Connecticut faced historic flooding.
- Monday, August 19th: The bodies of two women were recovered from cars that died in the flooding.
- Tuesday, August 20th: Hayes finally submits a letter to FEMA, more than 24 hours after the flooding occurred.
- Wednesday, August 21st: Hayes posts, then deletes, then reposts a video explaining why she is still in Chicago despite the ongoing crisis happening in Connecticut.
- In her video she says she couldn’t get a flight. According to flightstats.com, there were seven flights between Chicago O’Hare and Hartford on Monday, August 19th; seven flights between Chicago O’Hare and Hartford on Tuesday, August 20th; and seven flights between Chicago O’Hare and Hartford on Wednesday, August 21st. This does not include flights from other Chicago airports to other northeast area airports.
We said it once and we’ll say it again: “Jahana Hayes has always put politics over people and this most recent example is not shocking but particularly egregious. Instead of partying it up in Chicago, she should have been home assisting constituents. Shame on her for putting party over people.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Savannah Viar