Deputy Chief of Staff Justin O’Leary, center, joins other top aides to New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a House Democrat who plans to switch and become a Republican, as leave their office after turning in their joint letter of resignation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. (Associated Press)House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, who reportedly has tried to convince Van Drew to join the GOP, said he has sent some of his staffers to assist Van Drew temporarily as he deals with the loss of personnel.
“We believe in helping people,” McCarthy said, according to Roll Call.
5 AIDES TO DEMOCRAT JEFF VAN DREW RESIGN AS HE MULLS SWITCHING TO GOP
The Blue Dog Coalition told Fox News on Tuesday that it ousted the congressman after reports he was considering switching political parties.
“Per our by laws, which require all members to be a member of the Democratic Party, Congressman Van Drew is no longer a member of the Blue Dog Coalition,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and co-chair of the Coalition, told Fox News.
Van Drew has been one of only two Democrats to vote against formalizing the impeachment inquiry against President Trump and has been an outspoken critic of the probe from the start. The House is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment on Wednesday.
The freshman represents a southern New Jersey district that Trump carried in 2016 and was expected to face a difficult reelection next year.
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He has not formally announced that he is switching parties, but has instead said: “People kind of know that I’m going in a direction, but I haven’t announced anything.”
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