Arkansas

LiberalArkie

(16,505 posts) Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:23 AM Oct 2023

WSJ: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Has a $19,000 Lectern Problem

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in an unusual political scandal that has led an alleged whistleblower to step forward with potentially damaging claims and become the talk of the Natural State.

It’s about a $19,000 lectern.

The scandal—dubbed “PodiumGate” on social media by those still confused about the difference between a podium and a lectern—centers on her office’s purchase of a seemingly expensive piece of furniture to stand behind while speaking.

Records show Sanders’s office bought the lectern for $19,000 from a firm owned by a known Republican operative in a no-bid purchase. Lecterns seemingly identical to the simple, wood-paneled model Sanders’s office purchased appear to sell online for a fraction of that price.

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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-has-a-19-000-lectern-problem-4fde85b0

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WSJ: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Has a $19,000 Lectern Problem (Original Post) LiberalArkie Oct 2023 OP

Any way past the paywall? Ocelot II Oct 2023 #1

MSN is hosting it with no paywall: sl8 Oct 2023 #4

Thanks! Ocelot II Oct 2023 #5

If the WSJ is writing about this WhiteTara Oct 2023 #2

This is how you pay back donors. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2023 #3

If anybody buys that there isn't more scamming of public funds, they are idiots. bullimiami Oct 2023 #6

PodiumGate, this is appropriate and nails her for way clearly wasting taxpayer dollars. WAY, Way, SWBTATTReg Oct 2023 #7

The Gov of Virginia and Florida also their with the same woman. So this may hurt a lot of R's LiberalArkie Oct 2023 #10

Truths have a way of coming out-sooner or later. Will the people of Arkansaw care?? riversedge Oct 2023 #8

She has no $19k lectern problem. She has a $19k ethics problem. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #9

Ocelot II

(120,883 posts)

1. Any way past the paywall?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:30 AM

Oct 2023

sl8

(16,245 posts)

4. MSN is hosting it with no paywall:

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:39 AM

Oct 2023

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-has-a-19000-lectern-problem/ar-AA1hV2rN

Ocelot II

(120,883 posts)

5. Thanks!

Reply to sl8 (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:43 AM

Oct 2023

Kinda stinky, but I wouldn't expect less from Sarah Slanders.

WhiteTara

(30,168 posts)

2. If the WSJ is writing about this

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:35 AM

Oct 2023

I would say she does have a problem. But we all know IOKIYAR

OAITW r.2.0

(28,392 posts)

3. This is how you pay back donors.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 10:37 AM

Oct 2023

Get political loans from your backers...use taxpayer dollars to pay them back.

bullimiami

(13,991 posts)

6. If anybody buys that there isn't more scamming of public funds, they are idiots.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 11:22 AM

Oct 2023

SWBTATTReg

(24,107 posts)

7. PodiumGate, this is appropriate and nails her for way clearly wasting taxpayer dollars. WAY, Way,

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2023, 11:23 AM

Oct 2023

way too much taxpayer dollars on a simple lectern.

But most importantly, what else has she wasted limited taxpayer dollars on? Arkansas is not (IMHO) a rich state, and here we got her spending money willy nilly like there's no end. So much for her foul mouth.