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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:21 PM Jan 2018

White House denies Trump's Pennsylvania trip is for Saccone campaign

Source: The Hill

The White House denied that President Trump's Thursday trip to Pennsylvania is for political purposes, hours after Trump tweeted that he's headed to the state "in order to" support the GOP candidate running in a special election there.

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a Thursday morning statement pushing back at questions about the nature of the trip that were sparked by the president's tweet.

"The president is enthusiastic about today's trip to Pittsburgh, Penn., to discuss the incredible successes his tax plan is already achieving for the American people," she said.

"While the President has made clear his support for Republican candidates throughout the country, including in Pennsylvania, the purpose of today's visit is to promote the President's successful agenda especially on taxes," the statement said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369543-white-house-denies-trumps-pennsylvania-trip-is-for-saccone-campaign



Well is he going to play fucking golf...................with a orange ball, so that he can see it in the snow, nope this asshole is going to make money off this trip.....................

"While taxpayers are on the hook to pay for official White House trips, political parties have to reimburse the White House for any campaign travel. That's easy when the president takes a trip solely to campaign—the party just reimburses the cost of the trip. But when the president mixes an official event with a political event, like a fundraiser, only the portion of the trip related to politics needs to be reimbursed.

That calculation is more difficult here, since there is no explicit campaign or political event. But while Trump's tweet appears to link the trip to political motivations, Sanders's statement suggests that the White House will not seek reimbursement for the trip."





I have a solution for this special election, lets meet Conor Lamb

https://conorlamb.com/





November 2018 cannot get here fast enough






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White House denies Trump's Pennsylvania trip is for Saccone campaign (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2018 OP
But here it is, straight from the horse's ass.... Tanuki Jan 2018 #1
HA!!!! Threw her right under the bus!!! BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #3
These hypocrite have no clue, they don't know if they are down or up, but when it comes to moola turbinetree Jan 2018 #6
Rick Saccone--- Thank you Mr. President! We are looking forward to your visit today in the 18th. riversedge Jan 2018 #14
I can always tell yours posts BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #2
Eek! That means he'll eventually float west to Missouri and us...hopefully the raft will SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #8
Yes... drift on over to the Mississippi and out to the Gulf. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #11
Use to live and work in Pittsburgh Airport, lived right outside in Corapolis turbinetree Jan 2018 #9
I had coworkers and a boss from there and visited a number of times. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #12
I will become a complete democrat if I expand turbinetree Jan 2018 #13
What a ripoff of taxpayer dollars! SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #4
The RNC gets the use of Air Force One and pays only the cost of an airline seat for the same trip. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #15
Because if it is, then he has to pay for it. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #5
Campaign cash just like 2016 - Follow the money bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #7
If Trump doesn't own a golf course in that region, then it has to be for something political greymattermom Jan 2018 #10
Rince Priebus charge: Obama misused government funds by mixing campaigning with official WH travel. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #16
Is the RNC picking up some of the tab now that Trump says the trip is for political purposes? mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 #17

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
6. These hypocrite have no clue, they don't know if they are down or up, but when it comes to moola
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jan 2018

but he is a horse's ass, a sexual predator horses ass





I have a solution for this special election, lets meet Conor Lamb for this March PA special election

https://conorlamb.com/




November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

riversedge

(69,724 posts)
14. Rick Saccone--- Thank you Mr. President! We are looking forward to your visit today in the 18th.
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 02:00 PM
Jan 2018

no doubt us taxpayers will end up paying for this political trip!



Rick Saccone? @Saccone4PA18

Rick Saccone Retweeted Donald J. Trump

Thank you Mr. President! We are looking forward to your visit today in the 18th.





Replying to @Saccone4PA18

Last year you tweeted that the citizens who attended the Women's March were "loons and misfits".I haven't forgotten. Hope you lose.
8:36 AM - 18 Jan 2018



BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
2. I can always tell yours posts
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:28 PM
Jan 2018

by these --> with a sprinkle of this -->



There are 3 rivers that come to a head in a triangle in Pittsburgh. Maybe he can go float on one right out of my state.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
8. Eek! That means he'll eventually float west to Missouri and us...hopefully the raft will
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:34 PM
Jan 2018

race by going too fast for him to get off! If we're lucky perhaps he'll float all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and before you know it, he's gone!

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
9. Use to live and work in Pittsburgh Airport, lived right outside in Corapolis
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:35 PM
Jan 2018

fun town................

Also had an apartment out in Beaver Falls, where Donnie Iris lives


Should I get rid of my markers and expand..................

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
12. I had coworkers and a boss from there and visited a number of times.
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:39 PM
Jan 2018

Too hilly for me - especially in winter with the snow and ice!

ETA - if you expand, then I won't know it's you!

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
4. What a ripoff of taxpayer dollars!
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:29 PM
Jan 2018

Every cent should be reimbursed and tRUMP and Saccone be reprimanded...

15. The RNC gets the use of Air Force One and pays only the cost of an airline seat for the same trip.
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 07:57 PM
Jan 2018

I'm not even sure it's a First Class ticket. Bush used to do this all the time--find some bullshit reason to go somewhere, say L.A., to give an award like "Education Inspiration Achievement Award" and then head out afterward to a multi-million dollar fund raiser at some Beverly Hills GOP fat cat's house.

As an aside, each place the president goes requires assistance of local law enforcement to provide security, often at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars in overtime. For a small community, that can be budget busting.

As a second aside, during Bush's reelection stops in Las Cruces, NM, the aircraft they used (not the 747) as Air Force One was too heavy for the runway and taxiways and tore them up. When the city tried to get reimbursed for the damages...well, I'll leave that one to your imagination.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
7. Campaign cash just like 2016 - Follow the money
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jan 2018

He can't show his putrid unpopular face so he's masquerading as president for the day.

Hopefully there will be McDonald's at several points en route!

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
10. If Trump doesn't own a golf course in that region, then it has to be for something political
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:37 PM
Jan 2018

that's happening in that region. Why else would he travel?

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
16. Rince Priebus charge: Obama misused government funds by mixing campaigning with official WH travel.
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 11:06 PM
Jan 2018
Reince Priebus, as RNC chair, filed a formal complaint with the GAO charging that Obama misused government funds by mixing campaigning with official WH travel. Today Trump openly tweeted he was doing it.


mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
17. Is the RNC picking up some of the tab now that Trump says the trip is for political purposes?
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:13 PM
Jan 2018
This is supposed to be an official event. Is the RNC picking up some of the tab now that Trump says he’s making the trip for political purposes?



Mexico is paying for it


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