There’s doing your laundry, and then there’s doing your laundry in a crisp white blazer, with a local party official narrating your every step like it’s a campaign ad, while half the internet watches. New York Attorney General Letitia James found herself at the center of an online firestorm this weekend after a video surfaced of her visiting a neighborhood laundromat in Brooklyn — and a whole lot of viewers decided the whole thing looked about as spontaneous as a press conference.
The clip was posted to X on October 11, 2026, by Hon. Renee Collymore, vice chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party County Committee. Collymore filmed herself walking alongside James through the Clinton Hill neighborhood, presenting the attorney general as a familiar, home-grown face. James, dressed in a white blazer over a black outfit and carrying a large laundry bag, smiled at the camera and replied, “Of course,” when Collymore announced she was heading in to get her clothes washed.
The brief exchange was interrupted when someone off-camera greeted James. She returned the greeting and encouraged the person to vote — which they said they would — before Collymore steered her toward the laundromat entrance. The two said their goodbyes at the door, and the clip ended there…