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Re: Where Was Air Force One Addressed in McCain Feingold?
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If I write the words, "How else would the President travel? He has to use AFO," would this not be saying the same thing? No. Of course it is saying the same thing.
If I note there’s another argument that it’s a perk, but I don’t attribute it to you, have I nevertheless attributed it to you because we’re having an exchange? No. Of course not.
So might I ask, how I have I not read what you wrote? Because it is indeed your point that due to security concerns, there is no other way for POTUS to fly that caused me - in agreement with that point - to respond that, where POTUS flies for political reasons, the DNC should receive compensation.
ETA: Trump is exploiting his position in using AFO for rallies. He’s enjoying the use for political gain with the insurmountable alibi that there’s no other way for him to travel. Giving the DNC the value of his trips seems sensible to address that abuse (which will otherwise persist indefinitely with every POTUS.)
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Trump is flying in Air Force One because we all want him to be flying in the equivalent of a hardened bunker with super-duper comms that can circle without landing for several days in the event of a nuclear war or flu outbreak. I like Joe and Liz and Bernie enough, but they don't need to do that. So if you give them the same money, they blow it on hookers and blow, and it would be unfair to Trump to let them do that and make him spend that money on flying in his airborne bunker.
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