{"id":934395,"date":"2021-10-28T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934395"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:44:02","slug":"exclusive-squad-member-ayanna-pressley-sends-constituents-to-voicemail-in-d-c-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-squad-member-ayanna-pressley-sends-constituents-to-voicemail-in-d-c-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive&#8211;&#039;Squad&#039; Member Ayanna Pressley Sends Constituents to Voicemail in D.C. Office"},"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%2Fexclusive-squad-member-ayanna-pressley-sends-constituents-to-voicemail-in-d-c-office%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=934395&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\/2021\/10\/Ayanna-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Ayanna Pressley\u2019s (D-MA) legislative correspondent sent a mass email Tuesday asking how to stop the office\u2019s D.C. phoneline from sending constituents automatically to voicemail, which has been happening for a \u201cyear and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressley\u2019s staff member, Aneeb&nbsp;Sheikh, sent the email to the \u201cTour Coordinators\u201d listserv, used by both political parties for coordinating capitol tours.&nbsp;A 2020 Boston College graduate and 2016 Dubai College graduate, Sheikh has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/person\/bio\/390818\/Aneeb_A_Sheikh.html\">worked<\/a> for Pressley since November 2020. He also worked with another member of the so-called \u201cSquad\u201d when he interned in the summer of 2019 for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).<\/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>A legislative correspondent\u2019s primary role is to serve constituents, including by organizing meetings, responding to letters, and answering phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh\u2019s email stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>Hey y\u2019all,<\/p>\n<p>We have had our DC phone line <strong>going to voicemail for the past year and a half<\/strong> but are looking to switch to live phone calls. Anyone here know how to make the desk phones answer live phone calls again? Would greatly appreciate your help. [Emphasis added]\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.4878048780488\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredible constituent services by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPressley<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meiM3K3I4c\">pic.twitter.com\/meiM3K3I4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Martin (@MikeMartin_2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMartin_2\/status\/1453719824488488969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A Pressley spokesperson told Breitbart News in an emailed statement, \u201cBoth our Boston and DC offices continue to respond to constituents calls and emails as we always have. Like many Congressional offices during the pandemic, we have been operating under a call-back system with staff regularly following up daily on voicemails to keep our staff safe and support remote and hybrid work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other offices never sent constituents to voicemail, a Capitol Hill source told Breitbart News.&nbsp;Even when most congressional staffers worked from home, calls were forwarded to computers so staff could still answer normally.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users reacted in shock to the Sheikh\u2019s email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYikes. I guess this explains why I got the voicemail when I called a couple times earlier this year,\u201d Fox News politics editor Cam Cawthorne <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cam_Cawthorne\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.05\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yikes. I guess this explains why I got the voicemail when I called a couple  times earlier this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IF4mIw4BZF\">https:\/\/t.co\/IF4mIw4BZF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cam_Cawthorne\/status\/1453777591203155969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican commentator Matt Whitlock <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1453760752242790400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453760752242790400%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D18505818action%3Dedit\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cConstituent services are your ONE JOB. But they haven\u2019t answered the phone in 18 MONTHS?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressley made the news last week after reports surfaced that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/20\/defund-the-police-squad-private-security\/\">spent<\/a> nearly $4,000 on private security, despite previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1272945688200900609?s=20\">calling<\/a> to defund the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/09\/conservative-caucus-slams-democrats-calls-defunding-police\/\">police<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ayanna Pressley\u2019s (D-MA) legislative correspondent sent a mass email Tuesday asking how to stop the office\u2019s D.C. phoneline from sending constituents automatically to voicemail, which has been happening for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}