WASHINGTON – The celebrity-obsessed TMZ has a new target: vacationing members of Congress.
Since Capitol Hill recessed last week after failing to end the nearly seven-week-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the tabloid set its sights on trying to shame lawmakers who skipped town amid the crisis.
Even though President Donald Trump stepped in to reroute funds to pay airport security workers, thousands of other DHS employees still aren't getting checks. The scrutiny is mounting by the day. Just a few days into Congress' spring break, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, urged lawmakers to get back to Washington.
The most high-profile politician in the hot seat so far has been a close Trump ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham. The South Carolina Republican was spotted at Disney World over the weekend – specifically, the Magic Kingdom area of the Sunshine State resort, where he was seen carrying around a bubble wand.
Graham told TMZ he was initially in the region on business. An Iran war hawk, Graham said he was invited to a meeting in South Florida on March 27 with Steve Witkoff, a high-ranking Trump administration foreign policy official, to discuss normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. He then briefly went to Orlando to meet friends.
