This fucking guy. I gotta tell you, back when he was just another teabagging back bencher, people on the Hill commonly referred to him as a sleazy crook — and that was before his corrupt little stock transaction. So no, this asshole doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt:
The White House approved the use of military aircraft for multi-national trips by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to Africa and Europe this spring, and to Asia in the summer, at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers.
The overseas trips bring the total cost to taxpayers of Price’s travels to more than $1 million since May, according to a POLITICO review.
Price pledged on Thursday to reimburse the government for the cost of his own seat on his domestic trips using private aircraft — reportedly around $52,000 — but that would not include the cost of the military flights.
Price’s wife, Betty, accompanied him on the military flights, while other members of the secretary’s delegation flew commercially to Europe.
HHS spokeswoman Charmaine Yoest said Price has reimbursed the agency for the cost of his wife’s travel abroad, but declined to say when he did so. Price has been under intense criticism since POLITICO revealed his extensive use of charter aircraft for domestic flights last week. His travel expenditures are subject to reviews by the HHS inspector general and the House Oversight Committee. Democratic and Republican senators have also demanded information about Price’s travel expenditures.
Pence, EPS’s Pruitt, Treasury’s Mnuchin, Interior’s Zinke and perhaps even Jared Kushner and Ivanka all share this habit of travelling on the tax payers dime for personal reasons.
Members of this administration act like they belong to the 17th century French royal court.
“Off with their heads!”
His own seat on a private aircraft means the taxpayers pay for the lease, pilots and fuel. Entirely consistent with his claim that his broker chose to invest in stocks while he was working the Hill to fatten his shareholder value.
So the question they were asking tonight was “Now that he’s out, is he still gonna write that check?” And the best answer I heard was “If he ever wants to hold office again, he’ll write it.”
Oh, he’s as big a thief as trump and the rest of ’em. I just never thought I’d see anybody in the Oval Office that made W. look honorable!!!!!
And WHAT???? Run for office??? Are you serious???? He’s a fucking thief and the other thieves will make sure he doesn’t want for another fucking dime for the rest of his fucked-up life!