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riversedge

(70,219 posts)
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:48 AM Oct 2023

BREAKING: Trumper Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal as rep




BREAKING: Trumper Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal as reporters reveal that she spent a whopping $20,000 of taxpayer money on a podium that was never delivered — and then tried to cover it up by abusing her power.

It all started when it was revealed that she wasted $20,000 on the wooden podium. Then, the Arkansas Republican Party swooped in and paid for the podium in order to save her from the growing scandal — and Huckabee Sanders quickly got a law passed that would block the public from knocking what she had spent their money on.

Unfortunately for Huckabee Sanders, the scandal was only just beginning, and about to get MUCH worse for her, because a REPUBLICAN lawmaker smelled a rat and immediately demanded that the Legislative Audit of Arkansas initiate a full audit of her podium purchase — and every single another purchase that she had made with taxpayer dollars.


Now, reporters, auditors, and ethics organizations are accusing Huckabee Sanders of using the $20,000 of taxpayer money to pay a friend’s company — and that it appears that the podium was never even delivered.

To make matters worse, they claim that Sanders show used taxpayer money to fly her friend, who happens to be one of the organizers of Trump’s January 6 insurrection, to Paris to join her on a trip.

I’m other words, Huckabee-Sanders inflated the price of a wooden podium that appears to have never even been delivered, funneled the taxpayer money to an insurrectionist friend, and then tried to hide the purchase from taxpayers and reporters.


https://x.com/OmarRiverosays/status/1708188105046696251?s=20

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BREAKING: Trumper Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal as rep (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2023 OP
Honestly sounds like nothing mucifer Oct 2023 #1
Isn't it sad that we are now looking at corruption... Pacifist Patriot Oct 2023 #9
Oh, that is a good one. Honest, good Christian True Blue American Oct 2023 #2
Those folks addicted to Fox News... Trueblue Texan Oct 2023 #14
LOL, True Blue American Oct 2023 #23
Republican is as Republican does DFW Oct 2023 #3
No it is in their genetics. All of Rev. Huckabee (church of Bratva) all have the same traits LiberalArkie Oct 2023 #10
Well... Mike Nelson Oct 2023 #4
Especially given that we've all known how much of a god-damn liar she has been all these years. Crowman2009 Oct 2023 #7
Gov. Huckabuck. multigraincracker Oct 2023 #5
LOL Gov HuckaYuck onetexan Oct 2023 #16
Trump: Arkansas style. jaxexpat Oct 2023 #6
Tiny, scummy fascist behind a giant podium. The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2023 #8
Well, scummy fascist anyway jmowreader Oct 2023 #28
Those Baptists preacher's daughters... czarjak Oct 2023 #11
With apologies to those who are faithful. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2023 #13
My town was 75,0000+ with five churches per block. czarjak Oct 2023 #19
Southern Baptist. True Blue American Oct 2023 #24
Southern Baptists, aka KKK. Historical fact. czarjak Oct 2023 #29
she should have done what ronduhsantis did onethatcares Oct 2023 #12
Oh, it's there, you just gotta squint and use the Think System to see it. tanyev Oct 2023 #15
So-called Christian vlyons Oct 2023 #17
👆👆👆 Rebl2 Oct 2023 #25
Must've been some podium Blue Owl Oct 2023 #18
LOL! That explains everything. tanyev Oct 2023 #22
And sadly, MAGAts don't care. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #20
In Arkansas, that's not a scandal, that's a perk. Foget it Jake, it's Chinatown. marble falls Oct 2023 #21
LOCK HER UP! GRAND THEFT CHARGES! TeamProg Oct 2023 #26
So a good conservative Christian woman Old Crank Oct 2023 #27
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #30
Gov. Hyuckhyuck appears to believe that we're all as stupid as she is hatrack Oct 2023 #31
She's a Trumper. It's how they operate, as pure corruption machines. NNadir Oct 2023 #32
"Beauty is only skin deep... Dulcinea Oct 2023 #33
Well, it's a lectern, from the pics. Ursus Rex Oct 2023 #34
well this is disillusioning. I always thought of her as an ethical exemplar. someone on whose moral prodigitalson Oct 2023 #35

mucifer

(23,542 posts)
1. Honestly sounds like nothing
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:57 AM
Oct 2023

Compared to 2 billion in Saudi money iivanka and Jared took.

But it is corruption

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
9. Isn't it sad that we are now looking at corruption...
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:46 AM
Oct 2023

Through the lens of scope and scale rather than is it or isn't it? Sigh. I loathe Trump and the GOP for making $20,000 look like pocketing a candy bar.

On the other hand, I bet this is just one example in a pattern to be revealed.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
2. Oh, that is a good one. Honest, good Christian
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:59 AM
Oct 2023

Last edited Sun Oct 1, 2023, 10:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Girl paying off her friends. I bet fat Daddy is happy about that. You know, the guy who is peddling a sleep aid on Fox, along with his pal, the Pillow Guy.

Buy the pillow,along with the slep aid you will sleep like a baby, never mind daughter stealing from tax payers!

Who does she think she is,Ivanka?

DFW

(54,379 posts)
3. Republican is as Republican does
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 06:00 AM
Oct 2023

And this is typical for what a Republican does.

The only question I have is: did she consult her Daddy before starting her sleaze parade, and if so, did he feed her the IOKIYAR line to reassure her?

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
10. No it is in their genetics. All of Rev. Huckabee (church of Bratva) all have the same traits
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 08:03 AM
Oct 2023

Like carrying guns on planes. Just soulless people.

jaxexpat

(6,828 posts)
6. Trump: Arkansas style.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:25 AM
Oct 2023

Usually, they compare Kentucky or Mississippi to make them look better. Not sure it will play well this time. The Huckabee clan is actually doing that of which they accused the Clintons. Who would'a guessed? Business as usual.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,128 posts)
13. With apologies to those who are faithful.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 08:18 AM
Oct 2023

That should have been the first warning. Having known more than a few preachers kids, I can tell you the rare one is the one that does not go wild once they hit 12-14. Hell, at one point, in my little town of 500 (but five churches... can't have enough of them around, now can we?) every preacher had at least one kid in trouble with the law. One of them had both of his in trouble.

Your experiences may vary.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
24. Southern Baptist.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 10:36 AM
Oct 2023

I had to leave one because I despised the hypocracy. Went to one who preaches, “following in the footsteps of Jesus. No hate or hypocrisy there. Love and honor your neighbor.

onethatcares

(16,168 posts)
12. she should have done what ronduhsantis did
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 08:10 AM
Oct 2023

and have the legislature pass a law shielding his travel, expenses and who he meets with.
It's so much easier than worrying about what is found out.

Rebl2

(13,507 posts)
25. 👆👆👆
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 10:48 AM
Oct 2023

Makes you wonder about her father’s time as Governor. Would be nice if someone could look back and see if he was grifter too.

Old Crank

(3,584 posts)
27. So a good conservative Christian woman
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 01:48 PM
Oct 2023

Is paying to fly another man to visit her in Paris.

Sounds legit..

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,242 posts)
30. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:37 PM
Oct 2023



BREAKING: Trumper Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is caught in a massive new scandal as reporters reveal that she spent a whopping $20,000 of taxpayer money on a podium that was never delivered — and then tried to cover it up by abusing her power.

It all started when it was revealed that she wasted $20,000 on the wooden podium. Then, the Arkansas Republican Party swooped in and paid for the podium in order to save her from the growing scandal — and Huckabee Sanders quickly got a law passed that would block the public from knocking what she had spent their money on.

Unfortunately for Huckabee Sanders, the scandal was only just beginning, and about to get MUCH worse for her, because a REPUBLICAN lawmaker smelled a rat and immediately demanded that the Legislative Audit of Arkansas initiate a full audit of her podium purchase — and every single another purchase that she had made with taxpayer dollars.

Now, reporters, auditors, and ethics organizations are accusing Huckabee Sanders of using the $20,000 of taxpayer money to pay a friend’s company — and that it appears that the podium was never even delivered.

To make matters worse, they claim that Sanders show used taxpayer money to fly her friend, who happens to be one of the organizers of Trump’s January 6 insurrection, to Paris to join her on a trip.

I’m other words, Huckabee-Sanders inflated the price of a wooden podium that appears to have never even been delivered, funneled the taxpayer money to an insurrectionist friend, and then tried to hide the purchase from taxpayers and reporters.

Simply deplorable…

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
31. Gov. Hyuckhyuck appears to believe that we're all as stupid as she is
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 09:05 PM
Oct 2023

Guess again, Dollar Tree Shannon Doherty.

prodigitalson

(2,422 posts)
35. well this is disillusioning. I always thought of her as an ethical exemplar. someone on whose moral
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 05:56 PM
Oct 2023

code I could order my life.

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