Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law Thursday restricting release of her travel and security records after the Legislature wrapped up a special session marked by a fight to more broadly scale back the state Freedom of Information Act.
The law, which took effect immediately, allows the state to wall off details about the security provided the GOP governor and other constitutional officers, including who travels on the State Police airplane and the cost of individual trips. Proposed changes to the 1967 law protecting the public’s access to government records were among several items Sanders had placed on the agenda for a session that met this week.
Sanders has argued the restrictions are needed to protect her and her family, citing threats she’s faced since taking office and going back to her time as White House press secretary for former President Donald Trump.
Sanders was getting appropriately shit on for abusing the resources of her office for personal gain. This law allows her to abuse her office “more secretly”.
Arkansas: a state with everything to hide and nothing good to show!
So instead of electing a black rocket scientist, Republicans elected someone who’s blatantly stealing their money and calling it legal?
To be fair, being a good scientist doesn’t guarantee that you’re going to be a good governor. They’re very different skillsets.
To be even MORE fair though, being a former Trump appointee who hasn’t rebuked him by now DOES guarantee that you’re a liar and would steal from children with cancer (like Jr and Eric did) if it could benefit you. The lying part goes triple for press secretaries and other spokespeople, of course.
THAT FUCKING GOOBER IS A GOVERNOR?!
Not too surprising seeing as Arkansas elected this goobers goober dad too.
“Goober” is a more whimsical descriptor than she deserves, but I’m with you.
Isn’t there a federal law that explicitly says the opposite regarding these and other types of records?
They want to become kkkings of their state and rule for life.
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“I have done nothing wrong and you can’t prove I did because I won’t let you.”
I want to hear her say the sentence, “We need to keep the cost of the trips a secret to protect my family.”
What is it with Arkansas and electing fat Huckabees?
Not that hard to track her plane flights, hotels, restaurants. From there, you can pretty much figure out the cost.
I dont think so. Any “reasonable estimate” we can make is going to be soo much smaller than the real figures. Can you manage a 100k USD dinner bill? They probably could pretty easily.
I don’t know many US politicians but I’ll always remember Sanders because of the Bad Lipreading video.
