Mayorkas under fire for dashing to get sushi at a lavish D.C. restaurant after just six hours touring hurricane devastation in North Carolina

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas didn’t have much time for storm victims in North Carolina on Thursday and flew back to Washington, D.C., for a luxury takeout meal

Mayorkas spent less than six hours in North Carolina before returning to DC and picking up some food at Nobu, an upscale Japanese restaurant chain with high-quality food. according to to the New York Post.

Earlier that afternoon, Mayorkas made a splash by participating in a White House press conference remotely from North Carolina, where he said he spoke “firsthand” with FEMA officials and local leaders of the communities affected by the Hurricane Helene.

But after the briefing, he quickly returned home, having satisfied the optics of President Joe Biden’s storm response.

Republicans denounced Mayorkas as “out of touch” and told the Post they were outraged after seeing the photos of his expensive takeout order.

“It’s insulting that the Secretary is wasting his time eating overpriced sushi rolls at fancy restaurants when he should be working to get emergency relief out the door immediately to the people who desperately need basic necessities,” said Chairman Mike Johnson of the House of Representatives. After.

Even a Democratic congressional source anonymously told the Post that Mayorkas’ actions were “the definition of insensitive and the epitome of elitism.”

So was Mayorkas spotted at the Washington Free Beacon last weekend shopping for clothes at Sid Mashburn, an expensive men’s clothing store in Georgetown, as Americans fought for their lives against historic flooding.

More than 200 Americans were killed by Hurricane Helene, which ripped through the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina, Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as Alabama and Georgia.

Twelve people were killed by Hurricane Milton, while more than three million people were estimated to have lost power.