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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre the taxpayers footing the bill for the traveling applause corps?
How many aids accompany most presidents to events like the one at the CIA? It seem as if he brought many more to be his cheering section. Would be interesting to see the numbers.
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Are the taxpayers footing the bill for the traveling applause corps? (Original Post)
unitedwethrive
Jan 2017
OP
Of course we are, just like we're footing the bill for the two floors of Secret Service
sarcasmo
Jan 2017
#1
Evidently no federal hiring freeze in the Department of Propaganda and Alternative Facts
Freethinker65
Jan 2017
#2
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)1. Of course we are, just like we're footing the bill for the two floors of Secret Service
@ Trump Tower. The Man in the High Castle will be bleeding the tax payers dry.
Freethinker65
(10,064 posts)2. Evidently no federal hiring freeze in the Department of Propaganda and Alternative Facts
marybourg
(12,639 posts)3. In case you're looking for a shorter term,
the previously nearly obsolete, but now suddenly resurgent term is "claque".
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)4. Any official travel vouchers should be available under the FOIA
So if the "Clap Core" is traveling with trump to give him the clap on official travel, then those are public records.
(sorry, couldn't resist the double entendre)
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)5. You betcha. It's an indispendable presidential appendage.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)6. So, we are paying for the clap even though WE do not have it?