WASHINGTON — Twenty-four days into the government shutdown, Robert Perez is finding his own way to make a statement, one mile at a time.

Perez, a government contractor and social media "run-fluencer" with more than 160,000 followers, has committed to running one mile for every day the shutdown continues, for now.

"Today is day 24, so we got 24 miles today," Perez said during a mid-run chat with WUSA9 along the National Mall on Friday.

Though he isn't directly affected by the shutdown, he knows many who are.

"I am not directly affected, but I'm in a sphere of affected people," he said.

Perez first shared his plan in a video posted on Instagram at the beginning of October, saying, "Running one mile for every day that the government is shut down today is day one."

Since then, he's turne

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