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

[LiberalArkie]

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

[Ocelot II]

1. Any way past the paywall?

[sl8]

4. MSN is hosting it with no paywall:

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

[Ocelot II]

5. Thanks!

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

[WhiteTara]

2. If the WSJ is writing about this

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

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. This is how you pay back donors.

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

[bullimiami]

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

[SWBTATTReg]

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

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.

[LiberalArkie]

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

[riversedge]

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

[Wonder Why]

9. She has no $19k lectern problem. She has a $19k ethics problem.