In a joint letter on Sunday, five senior aides to New Jersey Democratic Congressman Jefferson Van Drew formally resigned over his decision to become a Republican.
Five senior aides to New Jersey Democratic Congressman Jefferson Van Drew resigned this weekend over the lawmaker's reported plans to switch political parties., five aides from the lawmaker's office announced their formal resignations and cited his"decision to join the ranks of the Republican Party led by Donald Trump" as their reason for leaving his team. Van Drew is yet to formally announce the move.
The resigning staffers also criticized the Republican Party for siding with"special interests over the needs of working people," and continuing to"abet Trump as he shreds the Constitution and tears the country apart." Last week, Van Drew also suggested that he planned to vote against Trump's impeachment."As I said before, my position never changed unless there was something new and unusual—and there is nothing new and unusual," CNN's Manu Raju quoted the congressman as saying.
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