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The Capitol Hill press corps’ unwillingness to burn bridges was probably best exemplified during the coronavirus. For years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi kept the House grounds closed to all but congressional staffers and reporters with hand-selected press credentials. Meanwhile, the American people were quite literally locked out of their own government for over two years.

It wasn’t until I was escorted around the Capitol (since my outlet did not have official press credentials), documenting that some Democrats hadn’t shown up to work in years, that anyone off-site would ever have known that our government had been on vacation.

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