[ptsal]

What's the flight time from DC to Leavenworth?

I'll bet crowdsourcing would cover it in a New York minute.

[JohnBrowdie]

the campaign reimburses the white house. but I believe they are only charged for comparable tickets on a commercial flight, not the full cost of transportation and security.

[baxtelf]

So they are trying to make people think Hillary pays but, in reality she only has to pay a small fee at the desgression of the WH

[FlingWingFlyer]

DemocRATS NEVER use their own money for anything. Never.

[HarleyLady27]

It doesn’t matter if a campaign pays for Air Force One...it is used for Government Business...on our tax dollars...

The message is to know that the head of our Government is supporting his favorite candidate to take his place, which is not right and not fair...

It’s one thing to ‘endorse’ someone, but it’s another thing to fly them in OUR plane, on OUR dollar and Trump has EVERY right to bring this out...

How many other presidents did you see do this? I haven’t...and Clinton has enough money to rent a plane for herself and Barky doesn’t need to be there...he can put out a ‘press release’ or he could have a ‘moment in the ‘Rose’ garden’....

This is wasteful, and is sending the wrong message!!!

[sauropod]

Aren't all of Ears's trips political?

The man doesn't get up in the morning and take a wee without seeing how that might benefit him politiclly.

[Fresh Wind]

...is scheduled to address the National Education Association's representative assembly...

That "official" event is how they justify having the taxpayers foot the bill for the trip. The party will pay for any additional expenses related to his detour to the political event, but that is only a fraction of the overall cost.

[JewishRighter]

A common sense rule, extremely unlikely to garner support in the Capitol pigsty, would be that no government resources, vehicles, aircraft or personnel may be used for any trip which includes political events of any kind. Normal Americans can recognize the simple, yet clear, moral imperative that their money should not be used for political fundraising or campaigning without their consent, such as the check-off box on the IRS-1040 (is it still there?). Politicking on the taxpayer dime also creates the outrageous advantage that goes with incumbency, which is why we have these jerks camped out in DC for 30, 40 years and more, enriching themselves, passing the pork around and growing every day less and less representative of the people who sent them there.

As I said, common sense will find no takers in the pigsty.

[Lisbon1940]

Joint has several meanings.

[xzins]

The entire cost should be c paid and not just the cost of 2 plane tickets.

[oldbrowser]

Wouldn't this be a conflict of interest for the President to be campaigning for Hillary while she is under investigation?

What message does this send to the investigators?

Are we running a campaign or are we running a country?

[COBOL2Java]

Dad: "Huh. Wouldja look at that; Obama's campaigning for Hillary."

Son: "He's flying around in Air Force One; that's not right!"

Grandfather: "Whaddya mean? He's the President! He can do whatever he wants! Don't they teach you anything in that Christian School?"

"But, Grandpa, this is a clear conflict of interest! Besides, who's paying for the flights?"

Grandfather: "Bah! The President pays for it! It's in the Constitution - or something."

Son: "Air Force One is in the Constitution??!"

[Jim Noble]

“Who’s paying for Obama’s political trips?”

Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.

[Timpanagos1]

It would never happen now, but the next Congress should pass a law that forces the incumbent any president’s party to pay the full cost of political trips abord Air Force One.

[AlanGreenSpam]

I have been pissed about how Obama/Biden use Air Force 1 to fly to DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISERS!

Biden flew to my city a few years ago to attend some DEMORat Party fundraiser at some rich person’s house. I went by the airport and saw a huge C5 transport and Biden’s jet sitting there at taxpayers expense. The C5 was for the armored cars, I presume. The freeway on-ramps were blocked to allow King Biden drive to his destination.

This is all at the expense of the American Taxpayer!! So Biden spent probably $1M to $3Million for travel so he could raise $1M for the DemoRat Party. This is taxpayer theft!!!