Let them eat cake? nah, nah, just let them starve for all she cares
Trump stayed in the White House. This bitch went to Hawaii instead of putting the interests of the American people first.
'I'm not allowed to talk about that': Nancy Pelosi office won't comment on her shutdown vacation in Hawaii
by Claude Thompson
| December 28, 2018 02:35 PM
Nancy Pelosi, the next speaker of the House of Representatives, is reportedly spending the government shutdown at a Hawaiian resort.
A person answering the media contact number for Pelosi's office identified herself as "press desk." When asked about the vacation, she told the Washington Examiner: "I'm not allowed to talk about that." She said she would pass on a message on to the deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, who did not respond.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the California Democrat was seen Thursday at the Fairmont Orchid resort, which features accommodations up to almost $5,000 a night.
The resort is located on "The Big Island," which is the state's namesake. The resort features a 10,000-square-foot swimming pool, despite it being on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The resort also has a "Spa Without Walls," where the least expensive facial is $99.
The first available rooms at the resort this week are currently priced at $2,500 a night for a 1,000-square-foot suite and $3,500 a night for a 1,400-square-foot suite.
Pelosi is no stranger to expensive Hawaiian vacations. The Hawaii Reporter noted in 2011 that Pelosi had developed a habit of expensive suites in Hawaii and cost local taxpayers over $30,000 for her security detail. There is no confirmation whether or not Pelosi's current trip is on federal taxpayers' dime.
President Trump, in the aftermath of the government shutdown, chose not to join Melania Trump or his son, Barron, in Mar-a-Lago for their traditional family getaway during Christmas, electing to stay in Washington to try and get a deal done to end the shutdown and has also decided to stay in D.C. for New Year's as well.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/im-not-allowed-to-talk-about-that-nancy-pelosi-office-wont-comment-on-her-shutdown-vacation-in-hawaii
Need to watch Pelosi Expenses again
This is what she used to do when she was speaker:
Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information act requests exposed her abuse of this travel perk.
Judicial Watch uncovered that Pelosi’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
JW also uncovered internal Defense emails detailing attempts by Defense Department staff to accommodate Pelosi’s numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft, as well as Pelosi’s last minute cancellations and changes. Pelosi’s office treated the Air Force like a taxi service.
Other documents show the Pentagon sent “heads up” emails to members of Congress providing them with planned responses to FOIA requests about their travel filed by Judicial Watch, The Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly, and Roll Call — among other organizations.
What happened was we would ask for travel records from the Pentagon. The Pentagon would find such records that might mention a senator or congressman.
Rather than give us these records first, the Pentagon would then send a warning letter and the specific records to these Capitol Hill politicians a full week before the Pentagon would give it to us as the law requires.
Judicial Watch’s work exposing Pelosi’s travel abuses resulted in her successor John Boehner, in a fit of ethics, declining to use Air Force luxury jets to travel to his Ohio congressional district.
Last week, a spokesperson for new House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confirmed to us that Speaker Ryan has also declined to use Air Force jets to travel between his congressional district and Washington, D.C.
Tried to dig and find out what this little vacay is costing the US taxpayers, but did not find any details - past vacays to Hawaii cost the taxpayers over a hundred thousand in increased security and other charges.