NY Dem Mondaire Jones used COVID rule to vote by proxy while living it up at HBO star’s wedding in France

June 16, 2022

"He’s got a oui bit of explaining to do.

Rep. Mondaire Jones used a congressional COVID rule to assign another lawmaker to vote for him on more than a dozen bills in the House of Representatives — while he partied on the French Riviera at HBO star Issa Rae’s lavish wedding, The Post has learned.

The Democrat — who represents New York’s Hudson Valley but is currently in a crowded field vying for a new Park Slope-Lower Manhattan district — said au revoir to the hot and humid Washington, DC, summer while voting via a proxy while citing the “public health emergency.”

The allowance was enacted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to let COVID-stricken members vote as well as to reduce their potential exposure to the virus while traveling from their districts to the nation’s capital.

Jones employed the potentially misused perk on17pieces of legislation between July 19 and July 27, 2021, as he lived it up in France, Instagram posts and online records reveal."

Sauce/more: https://nypost.com/2022/06/15/democrat-mondaire-jones-skipped-house-votes-for-issa-rae-wedding/