Flight Furor: Obama Officials Also Took Pricey, Non-Commercial Planes

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The difference? When someone does it on Trump’s watch, he’s punished. Under Obama, not so much, they’re not stopped and they’re not punished.

Via Fox News:

The use of private planes by President Trump’s Cabinet has come under intense media scrutiny in recent days, but officials in the Obama administration also took pricey flights on the government’s dime, including for personal trips.

Top figures during President Barack Obama’s tenure who used non-commercial planes for travel included then-attorney generals Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, then-FBI director Robert Mueller, and then-CIA director and defense secretary Leon Panetta.

Because of their jobs, these officials were required to take government planes for security and communications purposes. Still, critics questioned whether they could have found more cost-effective options and whether all the trips were necessary.

The issue of Cabinet officials using non-commercial planes resurfaced after the outcry over Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s repeated use of private planes and military flights for official business. Price resigned from the administration over the scandal Friday.

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Under Obama they got bonuses and retired with full pensions. Under Trump, you toe the line or you’re out. You know… like in real life.

Remember Queen Nancy using Air Force transportation every weekend to go back to Nutland? Though she was required to use government transportation, SHE insisted on a 757 so her entire family could enjoy life on the taxpayer nickel. There were Falcons, Hawkers and Lears at her disposal but none of those fit the Queen’s standards… when someone else pays for it.

Yet, no liberal outrage.

when you are a socialist, you ride on the backs of the your supports