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Constituents who arrived to schedule appointments with the Congressman found the door blocked by private security officers. In response, the group chose to organize a protest, eventually lining up again to knock on the door to request meetings.
Then, at 1:00 pm local time, Pearce tweeted that his office was open and invited people to “come on by.”
So, at 1:00, constituents assembled on the sidewalk went back to the door, lined up to make their appointments – only to be prevented from entering or even knocking on the door by a private security officer who blocked the door.
Among the constituents prevented from accessing their Congressman’s office was a senior who identified himself as Mr. Richard de Maria, a Korean War Veteran (about 35:30 in the Facebook video).
A staffer briefly appeared to telling the assembled constituents that they couldn’t enter and would have to come back later.
The veteran who spoke with the staffer in the video DID eventually get in, but not when he arrived, nor when Pearce sent the tweet saying his doors were open. Others were still turned away after Pearce’s staff said everyone needed to make an appointment and could only come in one at a time.
Pearce has not scheduled any in-person events in his district since the inauguration of President Trump. Some in the crowd said they had supported Pearce in the past but were appalled at the current administration’s actions toward working on repealing the Affordable Care Act and ongoing ICE raids that have affected many in Pearce’s district.