It’s hard to see elected officials show up at exclusive entertainment industry events and not wonder whether taxpayers had to foot the bill. Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) were spotted on the red carpet at last night’s Grammy Awards.
#Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on #Grammys red carpet. Questions surround how she paid for trip #KPRC2 @5p pic.twitter.com/65XuQH4vQA
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) February 9, 2015
@KPRCLocal2 @5P I'm sure she can afford to pay for a trip to LA
— CDS (@beavewdh) February 9, 2015
Sure, but she should be able to show that she paid for it herself too. A trip to Los Angeles is only part of it though. The Grammy Awards are a fairly exclusive event. Getting to Los Angeles isn’t likely the biggest expense here.
@KPRCLocal2 @BulliBrat @5P very far left. blonde is Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
— The Snarky Mushroom (@SnarkyMushroom) February 9, 2015
@KPRCLocal2 @BulliBrat @5P sorry…far right.
— The Snarky Mushroom (@SnarkyMushroom) February 9, 2015
Easy mistake to make.
https://twitter.com/JaxAlemany/status/564577339422818306
@JaxAlemany @JammieWF @DWStweets @JacksonLeeTX18 Fighting for the Middle Class.
— UKTBL (@UKTBL) February 9, 2015
@JaxAlemany @RobProvince @DWStweets @JacksonLeeTX18 Why are they there? What the fuck for? Am I hopefully being duped? Photoshop please?!
— nwk68 (@nwkille68) February 9, 2015
@JaxAlemany @DWStweets @JacksonLeeTX18 middle class crusaders!
— Dead Zed (@pulgalization) February 9, 2015
@SuperAndrea @JaxAlemany @DWStweets @JacksonLeeTX18 Doing their part to call attention to income inequality.
— Aaron Henager (@AaronHenager1) February 9, 2015
.@SuperAndrea @JaxAlemany Did hard working taxpayers pick up the tab for your trip/entertainment @DWStweets & @JacksonLeeTX18? #TheGrammys
— Joe (@JoeC1776) February 9, 2015
That’s what we’d like to know.
Update 10:50 PM, Feb 9
FYI @TwitchyTeam: Looks like Taxpayers likely footed the bill for @DWStweets to get to the #Grammys2015 – http://t.co/4g8oasPXhb
— Lorraine Yuriar (@thekytikat) February 10, 2015
It appears that Schultz, along with fellow Florida Democrat Ted Deutch justify their Grammy attendance by claiming they were doing “research” into the music industry. The Sun Sentinel article mentions that colleagues on “both sides of the aisle” participated in this “research” but no Republicans were specifically named.
@SunSentinel our tax dollars hardly at work
— Adam Blas (@Adam_Blas) February 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/FortLaudEatz/status/564890001058459650
Sheila Jackson Lee seemed to have spent a lot less time making up an excuse.
Questions arise after Congresswoman Jackson Lee spotted at Grammy's | News – Home http://t.co/VoKmtu0hGh
— Andy Cerota (@KPRC2Andy) February 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/564959336301334528
Yes, she clearly did not want to talk about it with reporters.
https://twitter.com/texcox19/status/564962707728629760
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