But hiding behind the staffer is a guilty move.
She ought to just answer truthfully (something foreign to Lieawatha), “I’m too important to have to follow my own rules!”
“She could have actually explained away the private jet travel for many reasons - impeachment work, Iowa late returns, having to shuttle to DC for SOTU, etc. All good reasons, and one that can withstand scrutiny, her Green New deal notwithstanding.”
No it cannot withstand scrutiny. The green new deal DEMANDS we all change. Our needs and reasons are brushed aside. Maybe she needs to use video links for appearances. Maybe she needs to accept that you can’t zip back and forth across the country every few hours.
That’s what the bitch insists WE have to do. Aliski 101, hold them strictly accountable to their own rules.
“Frankly, her schedule for the last 4-5 days was brutal , more so than even most CEOs, and private jet travel was justified.”
Then she needs to learn the phrase “I cannot be there because jet travel is wrong”. And she is not a CEO, she is a grifter who lied her way into a job, and now wants to impose socialism. CEOs are busy creating things, she only takes.
Her “brutal schedule” is her fault. She overcommitted to appearances that her communist Green New Deal cannot support. She needs to give a speech explaining the new reality. She could have skipped the impeachment and remained in Iowa. She could have explained to Iowa that she feels like impeachment was more important.
SHE created the schedule. SHE created the anti-jet rule. So she does not get to offer “reasons” why she flew alone in a jet.