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Hill's unluckiest staffer returns

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 10, 2019

Jason Samuels is probably hoping his bad luck won't return with him to the Senate.

Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) new strategic communications director and speechwriter has been affected by a string of disasters in recent years.

Samuels' bad luck started in 2016, when Hurricane Matthew forced him to postpone his wedding. The next year, his then-boss, retired Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), was fired at during the 2017 congressional baseball-practice shooting. Months later, his sister was present for the Las Vegas music-festival shooting. And, shortly after joining YouTube's communications team in 2018, the California company experienced — you guessed it — a mass shooting.

The entire Senate is, no doubt, praying for Jason's streak to come to a quiet end.