Posted on 03/28/2017 12:39:59 PM PDT by EinNYC
More than 108,000 people have signed a petition urging First Lady Melania Trump to move to the White House or pay for security costs at Trump Tower herself.
The Change.org petition was started after a senior White House aide indicated the presidents wife and son, Barron, will remain in New York until the school year ends. Itll be delivered to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren if at least 150,000 people sign.
The U.S. taxpayer is paying an exorbitant amount of money to protect the First Lady in Trump Tower, located in New York City, the petition reads. As to help relieve the national debt, this expense yields no positive results for the nation and should be cut from being funded.
The NYPD estimated it costs between $127,000 and $146,000 per day to protect Mrs. Trump and Barron while President Trump is out of town, according to the New York Times. The cost to guard Mr. Trump and his family between the election and Inauguration Day reached $24 million, the NYPD said.
Comments beneath the Change.org petition highlighted the signers dissatisfaction over the first familys use of taxpayer funds.
Living in the White House is what you do when you are married to the president, one commenter identified as Sheila Forsyth of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote. The tax money saved by eliminating these extra protection expenses can be used to feed senior citizens. Why is our tax money being spent on people who already have more than their fair share?
Melania Trump is the only first lady since Anna Harrison not to make the White House her residence. Barron Trump, the son of the president and the first lady, attends school in New York. Trumps frequent weekend trips to his private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, have also spurred criticism over costs to secure a non-White House location, on top of travel costs.
The hell with this petition. More snowflakes melting.
Suck it libs.
Clan????? That cold be construed by many as suggesting a racist connotation (Klan) and should not have been used. I would suggest an alternate term w/o heavy racist implications, such as “tribe”.
Democrats with way to much time on their hands.
All of a sudden they’re concerned about feeding the elderly? How about cutting benefits to illegals and using that money not only for the elderly but veterans.
Didn’t Michelle Obama stay in Chicago until the end of the school year back when 0 was elected? And only at the end of the school year move into the White House with the girls and granny?
I’ll support this right after odinga and moochelle pay back the ninety gazillion they wasted of taxpayer monies on lavish vacations.
Uh huh. Right after obie pays back all the wasted money spent on separate flights for Mooch and the Puppy. That should be at least $50 million right there.
Liberal freaks just keep getting worse. They are showing up here on FR a lot lately too I’ve noticed. Hopefully they will be identified and banned permanently soon.
Of course the Rats don't give a damn about costs...or the Trump family's safety.But,as I stated above,it would be very wise for her to live in DC.
“the presidents wife and son, Barron, will remain in New York until the school year ends.”
It never stops. Day after day after day.
F the CBS commie petition. where was the outcry when Obama, his family and mother in law traveled all over the world at our expense? These scumbags in the media along with their RAT tag alongs are nauseating.
Obama is in Tahiti for a month, sans Michelle and the girls, but with Secret Service protection and ghostwriting team in tow, purportedly to write his (third) memoir. Wonder how much that’s costing us taxpaying schlubs. By the way, whoever really comes up with Obama’s memoirs always packs him off to some southseas island while the writing gets done for him. Weird. Why won’t Hawaii do since it’s supposed to be his home state.
SUCK A LEMON
HOW ABOUT WHEN THE MOOCHELLE CAME TO NY AND HELD UP FLIGHTS FOR AN HO9UR AND THEN MOTORCADE THRU THE CITY TO GO SHOPPING.....
HOW ABOUT THE $100 000 000 THE MOOCHELLE SPENT ON VACATIONS
HOW MANY TRIPS TO NYC DID THE LIMPWRISTED MUZZIE TRAITOR MAKE TO RAISE MONEY THAT SCREWED UP AIRPORTS AND TRAFFIC....
SUCK A LEMON
Didn’t see any of these libs whining about all of the Obamas’ international vacations for their family and friends on the taxpayer’s dime. I’m sure the security costs for just a few of those trips would exceed four years of the costs to secure Trump Tower (which already has its own permanent security personnel paid for by Trump).
Pissontheirpetition. Odumbo used to spill more $$ on the bar with his constant pointless joy rides on Air Force One.
They also say nothing about Trump not even taking a salary. They live in a projected reality.
Whose hand is on the kid?
The American people had to pay for separate planes AND security details when the 0bamas went on most of their 100 vacations.
Everyone who signed that petition is jealous of the Trumps.
They have shallow lives of no consequence.
5.56mm
....and Clinton, Bush 1, Bush 2 and Carter as well!
What makes them think that after all these years they should all have SS protection? Well, Obammy is what. Wish we had some real fighters in the Congress that could revisit protection to 10 years.....(except for the Obammies....10 months for them). 10 years is too much but I’ll settle for that. At least we could get all the aforementioned exes to pick up their own tabs. Just think, the Clintoons would have to pay their own mortgages......sweet.
Just curious.. did these people call for Obama’s mother-in-law to pay for room and board when she was living in the white house?
Or the dozens of PAID assistants to the “Office of the First Lady” ?
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