WASHINGTON — “Washington is still operating as if it’s March 2020. The headquarters of most agencies remain largely abandoned,” Sen. Joni Ernst wrote in a report released Thursday that paints a dystopian picture of the federal workforce inside the vaunted beltway.
It’s been nearly five years since COVID knocked on America’s door. Most schools and businesses opened up years ago. But federal government operations in Washington, D.C. are behind the flyover states.
Because of COVID, President Joe Biden campaigned from home in 2020. But after American classrooms and businesses reopened, Biden has been a frequently absent executive since he took the oath of office. Ernst figured Biden “was out of office 532 days over the last three-and-a-half years, about 40 percent of the time he was expected to be in the Oval Office.”
The no-show mentality has filtered from the top down.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin didn’t bother…
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