Press Compares Dem Retreat to ‘Police State’ After Aides Trail Reporters to Bathroom

‘The Republicans don’t operate like this’

Press Compares Dem Retreat to ‘Police State’ After Aides Trail Reporters to Bathroom (Washington Free Beacon)

In a press briefing from the House Democratic Caucus Retreat that was not held in the same hotel as the retreat, Jeremy Peters of the New York Times compared security follow reporters every detail, even to the bathroom, like a “police state.”

Peters said that when the Republicans have their retreat, and when reporters follow members around the Capitol, that security is not as tight and they are not followed so closely.

Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.) said that they were just unaware of the situation and that it had to be like “that” because of what the Capitol Hill police recommended. Becerra joked that if Peters had gotten names of the staff doing the following that they might be ready to join the Capitol Police.

“They said that they were reporting at the direction of the caucus,” Peters said.

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