Meeks on being mistaken for a staffer: ‘Glad I still blend in with the cool kids’

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) responded Tuesday to a tweet about him being mistaken for a staffer at the Capitol. 

Overheard DC, an account that takes submissions of what people hear in the nation’s capital, said earlier in the day that an intern on the subway at the Rayburn House Office Building asked the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman who he worked for. 

At the Subway in Rayburn:

Intern: “So who do you work for?”

Greg Meeks: “I’m a member.”

— Overheard DC (@OverheardWDC) September 14, 2021

“Glad I still blend in with the cool kids at Subway. See you on TikTok,” Meeks tweeted in response to the interaction. 

Glad I still blend in with the cool kids at Subway. See you on TikTok ‍♂️

Wishing all the new interns a great semester on the Hill! https://t.co/mU3jB5k4DH

— Rep. Gregory Meeks (@RepGregoryMeeks) September 14, 2021

Meeks also retweeted two congresswomen on the incident, one of whom said she had a similar experience of mistaken identity while at work. 

“Welcome to my world, Mr. Chair,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif) tweeted.

Welcome to my world, Mr. Chair https://t.co/pcl8o66yw4

— Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) September 14, 2021

I love serving on the @HouseForeign Committee and having @RepGregoryMeeks as our Chairman is obviously one of the reasons why!

https://t.co/mzxlkjDUqb

— Abigail Spanberger (@SpanbergerVA07) September 14, 2021

Meeks has served in the House since 1998.