Lori Chavez-DeRemer traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2025.
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Bulwark TakesSep 5, 2026
The claim that Chavez-DeRemer traveled to Las Vegas in December 2025 is supported by the Labor Department inspector general's report (hotel records for December 4-7, 2025) and by NPR and AP coverage of the same report. The post's 'one trip' wording is not part of the extracted claim, and the sources do not contradict it.
What was said
… She's going to cigar bar. She's going to, like, ice museums. It's weird shit. Anyways, at one, and it's all like personal travel that's intermingled with professional travel, and they write this: There was one trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, in, ah, Nevada, in December 2025. The initial itinerary contained no DOL engagements, Department of Labor engagements. After Wright and Chavez de Rima received complimentary tickets from a lobbyist to attend a rodeo, they previously scheduled Western Caucus speaking engagement assigned to, …
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Supports. The OIG Report of Investigation cites hotel door-lock records for a Las Vegas trip with Chavez-DeRemer on December 4-7, 2025.[2]
Supports. NPR reports that a December 2025 trip to Las Vegas was reassigned to Chavez-DeRemer after she received complimentary rodeo tickets from a lobbyist, as the report found.[3]
Supports. The AP watchdog report summary says the former secretary combined personal and official travel, including visits to Las Vegas.[1]
Supports. Coverage of the inspector general report also describes a December 2025 Las Vegas trip with an official designation added after rodeo tickets were received.[4]
Context. The IG report found the travel was improperly combined personal and official travel, and her attorney said the report did not find she broke any laws.[3]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused fundsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Report of Investigation: Lori Chavez-Deremer, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Laboroig.dol.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Report finds Trump's labor secretary oversaw hostile work ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Inspector General Report Finds Toxic Workplace and Ethics ...rightnoworegon.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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