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"WH Sources" to WaPo: Air Force One will not be used as a ‘prop’!
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:12 pm
White House: Air Force One will not be used as a ‘prop’ at political rally - washingtonpost.com
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If he did, experts say, Trump would enter into a legal and ethical gray zone, as the president is not allowed to use government resources for political campaigns. The president is allowed to travel on Air Force One to campaign events — actually, he's required to do so and doesn't have the option of flying commercial. (The party or the campaign is expected to reimburse the government for part of the cost of the trip.) The iconic plane often appears on the campaign trail, such as when Hillary Clinton hitched a ride to a rally last summer in Charlotte with President Barack Obama and the two were photographed waving from the plane's doorway, standing next to a presidential seal.
Richard Painter — a professor of law at the University of Minnesota who was the chief White House ethics lawyer from 2005 to 2007 and is now vice chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington — agreed with the White House's plan. Painter explained that the president has to travel in Air Force One and the plane has to land, an event that his supporters are allowed to witness. But the president should put some distance between his political speech and the taxpayer-funded Air Force One.
"They can do all of the theatrics, but when he gives the speech, the plane should be to the side," Painter said.
Larry Noble, general counsel for the nonpartisan ethics watchdog the Campaign Legal Center and former general counsel for the Federal Election Commission, said the placement of the plane falls into a "gray area." The bigger question, Noble said, is why the president is hosting a campaign rally instead of just giving a presidential speech, which comes with far fewer regulations. Noble's guess: With a campaign event, Trump will have greater control over who can attend and other logistics.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:16 pm to someoneBEE
Something like the following, but when a republican does it... it is totally inappropriate and an ethics violation.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:18 pm to someoneBEE
So is this good to you or bad? Because it's not new. Every sitting president has had AF1 and various other trappings of the office at hand for political events.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:21 pm to Navytiger74
Good if Obama did it, bad if it is Trump doing it.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:22 pm to someoneBEE
Dear President Trump,
Fell free to use the $5618 I just sent the IRS anyway you wish to deliver speeches. In fact I think I deserve to see you speakin front of the plane so fly to Monroe soon.
Fell free to use the $5618 I just sent the IRS anyway you wish to deliver speeches. In fact I think I deserve to see you speakin front of the plane so fly to Monroe soon.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:22 pm to someoneBEE
Trump must keep AF 1 close in case the RUSSIANS attack right democrats
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:24 pm to someoneBEE
Barack was the worst ever at this. I really hope the media attacks this angle. Everyone recalls Obama flying Hilldog around and him making stump speeches behind the presidential seal.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:29 pm to someoneBEE
Perk of the office.
Trump has his own boss plane, so what is the point? Obama was a whore with that airplane.
Trump has his own boss plane, so what is the point? Obama was a whore with that airplane.
This post was edited on 2/18/17 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 9:31 pm to someoneBEE
You will notice the aircraft, in both photos, are positioned either on the ramp or a taxiway with access to the active runway for immediate departure if necessary. However, placing a podium strategically to capture the aircraft in a photo op is all part of the WH Communication stage craft.
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