Rep. Jeff Van Drew says Democratic staff had no choice but to quit

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.) said Tuesday that staffers who resigned from his office following news that he was about to switch to the GOP were told by nameless officials to quit or be blackballed from future opportunities in the Democratic Party.

“They were told to,” Van Drew said, adding “They had to or they wouldn’t work again.”

Van Drew, in his first comments since news of his imminent party switch broke over the weekend, declined to say if he had any evidence that such a threat had been made but said “it would be very hard for them to work” if they stayed with him after becoming a Republican.

Staff members who fled Van Drew’s office said earlier this week that it was ultimately the congressman who left them no choice.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/17/jeff-van-drew-democratic-staff-quit-086566

[dewsgirl]

1. He is now a Republican, therefore he has zip, zero, zilch

credibility.

[exboyfil]

2. So he is starting his GOP career

By lying. So very Republican of him.

[SharonClark]

11. Yep. My thought as well.

[Raster]

3. That. is. bullshit...

... his ex-employees already publicized their statement and it did not even hint at something Van Drew describes. He's taken to the rethuglican "lying sack of shit" M.O. quite well. He must have been practicing.

[Lexee]

4. Why would Democrats hire Republicans?

[Silver1]

5. Well isn't it obvious they had to leave?

If they have integrity that is. As if a Democratic staff working for a Republican politician is just the most normal thing.

Twisted.

[efhmc]

6. And, so......what.

[Mr. Ected]

7. Now let's hear some nameless staffer pour gasoline on Van Drew and light a match

Something like "people are saying that he accepted Russian dirty money and lots of it" as an inducement to changing parties.

Which, if and when the truth is known, is probably accurate.

[TeamPooka]

8. Why would Democrats want to work for a Republican? Especially a scumbag like Van Drew.

[stillcool]

9. sounds just like a Republican...

he'll fit right in.

[marble falls]

10. Actualy that was the party told Van Drew. He projects, just like Trump.

[Yeehah]

12. Hahahahahahahahaha! The pukes get another lying sack of shit

Thanks for leaving, Jeffie Boy. Enjoy your tenure in the gutless coward traitor party.

[BlueIdaho]

13. Clueless Jeff

Does this turncoat really think he has a political future? He a dead man in the Democratic Party and he’s a progressive RINO to Trumpsters. This fellows political career was short and ugly and unworthy of even a footnote in history.