As Investor’s Business Daily reported, President Obama’s trip to the West Coast and back for a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” cost around $2 million in flight costs alone, but it all turned out to be worth it to hear the president read “mean tweets” about himself.
Today, though, taxpayers aren’t finding it so funny to learn that the first lady took a separate flight on the same day to the same location for her own taping of “Ellen,” which airs … honestly, we don’t care when it airs.
Maybe the two traveled separately for security reasons? No, according to the White House, their schedules just were “not in sync.”
They're schedules were "not in sync to travel together," said Deputy Press Secy @Schultz44 of POTUS & FLOTUS separate flights to/from L.A.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 13, 2015
@markknoller @Schultz44
Translation: Marital fighting. Nothing new.— Foghorn Leghorn (@FoghornBLeghorn) March 13, 2015
.@markknoller @Schultz44 Rolling my eyes so hard they could get stuck looking at the back of my head. Is anyone still buying this crap?
— ? (@IStateYourName_) March 13, 2015
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren theorized that the first lady was likely “not in sync” with her husband’s plan to spend part of the day at the Phoenix VA Medical Center and so took her own flight.
I am OUTRAGED: It's so selfish! Pres @BarackObama & @MichelleObama flew all the way across the country on SEPARATE planes @FoxNews
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) March 13, 2015
@greta: Again, do you really think either Barack or Michelle care what we think? @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews #tgdn #pjnet #tcot
— Dorothy Grissom (@DorothyGrissom) March 13, 2015
@greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews Its disgusting Michelle could not be bothered to stop 2hrs at a VA hospital with him. Shameful
— ??MarebearPatriot ?? (@MarebarPatriot) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/jthoma8318/status/576534991582179330
@jthoma8318 @dangerpolitics @greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews Hmm, let me think…nope not it
— ??MarebearPatriot ?? (@MarebarPatriot) March 14, 2015
@jthoma8318 @Marywyatt19 @greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews somehow i think she has built in immunity.
— Dangerous ?? Politics (@dangerpolitics) March 14, 2015
@dangerpolitics @jthoma8318 @greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews She is still ashamed of this country.
— ??MarebearPatriot ?? (@MarebarPatriot) March 14, 2015
@greta @mflynny @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews being President is COOL – you can do anything you want
— BDJinCO (@DissidentBiker) March 13, 2015
@greta you think they care Greta they think our hard earned tax dollars are their personal wallet so wrong for America
— Corinne Sueta (@cssueta) March 13, 2015
@greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews They are "entitled", don't you know.
— Elaine… (@jato791) March 13, 2015
@greta … no one elected Michelle O to public office so why does she get her own plane on taxpayers' bill? Unbelievable
— Judy Mohr Morris (@JAMMorris) March 13, 2015
@greta @FoxNews They just love spending other people's money,I guess.
— Bev (@BevH111) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/Kay15Judy/status/576533530303275008
@greta While most tax payers must stretch every dollar @BarackObama & @MichelleObama have the luxury of taking separate planes. @FoxNews
— Country Girl (@Nashville_RN) March 14, 2015
@greta @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews I wanna fly with my woman anywhere I go..Are they Unhappy!!! #Selfish #Taxpayers
— Junior ❌?? (@SiCk_DiAbLo) March 13, 2015
@greta @KarenWh8 @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews If they can't get along on the same plane, somone needs to be paying their own way
— Just me (@iluvscoops) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/apmatre/status/576538769471369217
@apmatre @greta @KarenWh8 @BarackObama @MichelleObama @FoxNews I don't get that mentality.
— Just me (@iluvscoops) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/apmatre/status/576539296846327808
https://twitter.com/Mekbeth8/status/576534121603727360