{"id":1219500,"date":"2022-01-17T00:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T05:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219500"},"modified":"2022-01-17T00:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T05:52:51","slug":"report-ted-lieu-vacationed-in-bermuda-during-build-back-better-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-ted-lieu-vacationed-in-bermuda-during-build-back-better-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ted Lieu Vacationed in Bermuda During &#039;Build Back Better&#039; Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-ted-lieu-vacationed-in-bermuda-during-build-back-better-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nov2-21-dem-rep-ted-lieu-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) took his elderly parents on a luxury cruise to Bermuda this past Thanksgiving as the House voted on President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the congressman filed a \u201cproxy letter\u201d with the clerk of the House of Representatives for the week of January 10, saying he could not travel to work in Washington, DC, due to the \u201congoing public health emergency,\u201d according to an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jenvanlaar\/2022\/01\/14\/ted-lieu-cant-fly-to-dc-due-to-ongoing-health-emergency-but-just-vacationed-in-bermuda-and-hawaii-attended-nfl-game-n506897\">report<\/a> from Red State. It seems that Lieu <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/ProxyLetter#AllProxies\">filed<\/a> a slew of proxy letters during the fall of 2021 when he not only traveled to Bermuda for Thanksgiving but when he attended an NFL game maskless with his wife and brother in October. Lieu also <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jenvanlaar\/2022\/01\/16\/update-while-the-house-passed-build-back-better-ted-lieu-was-boarding-luxury-cruise-in-nyc-yea-vote-cast-by-proxy-n507338\">traveled<\/a> to Hawaii during Christmas as President Biden warned about the omicron surge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lieu attended the November 17 session for the censure vote against Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) but&nbsp;was<a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/legislative\/proxy-letters\/117\/1\/votes\/2021\/roll381.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> absent&nbsp;<\/a>when the House voted to pass the \u201cBuild Back Better Act\u201d on November 18 and 19. His \u201cyea\u201d vote was cast by proxy from Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe House was also in session when Lieu was in Hawaii, which was sometime around December 22, according to his own December 29, 2021 tweet,\u201d noted Red State. \u201cThere\u2019s no indication that Lieu was performing any official duties in Hawaii from his social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lieu also spent more than $20,000 on airplane tickets in 2021, an inordinate amount of money for a non-election year. In 2020, for instance, Lieu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00556506&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2020&amp;min_date=03%2F15%2F2020&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2020&amp;disbursement_description=Airfare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent<\/a> less than $2,000 on airfare&nbsp;expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of Lieu\u2019s apparent reluctance to travel because of the pandemic and the fact that it wasn\u2019t really a busy time in terms of campaign activity, that level of spending really sticks out,\u201d added Red State.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">His campaign spent $8,600 on airfare in one day, August 3, 2021, just a few weeks after this special, limited-time cruise series was announced by Crystal Cruises. That&#8217;s nearly half of what he spent this yr and 4x what he spent in all of 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yua5HYIOri\">pic.twitter.com\/yua5HYIOri<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenvanlaar\/status\/1482880799313567745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why was Ted&#8217;s campaign spending so much on travel? He sent 5 proxy letters btwn Sep 2021 and Jan 2022 (including weekend he went to NFL game in LA) claiming he had to miss work due to the &#8220;ongoing public health emergency.&#8221; And we don&#8217;t see evidence of fundraisers\/campaign travel. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8mvtbqjbM\">pic.twitter.com\/B8mvtbqjbM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenvanlaar\/status\/1482880806632574977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lieu&#8217;s FEC filings don&#8217;t list passengers, travel dates, travel purpose, anything. He owes us answers for this, and for why he&#8217;s partaking in luxury international travel and playing hooky from work while a constituent was murdered by a homeless person. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FlbsomToK9\">https:\/\/t.co\/FlbsomToK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenvanlaar\/status\/1482880809266597888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) took his elderly parents on a luxury cruise to Bermuda this past Thanksgiving as the House voted on President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d agenda. 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