Sarah Huckabee Sanders rose to national prominence in part during her time at the lectern as White House press secretary, but the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for the Arkansas governor is undergoing scrutiny and prompting claims that records about it have been altered.

A legislative panel next week will take up a lawmaker’s request for an audit to review the purchase of the lectern, which was bought in June for $19,029.25 with a state credit card. The Arkansas Republican Party reimbursed the state last month for the wood-paneled and blue lectern, which the state received in August.

“From my experience, where we’re at with this particular thing is we need to allow legislative audit go in,” Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey, who requested the audit, said. “Everyone knows them, they do their work, they’re very thorough and then they produce a detailed report that comes to the Legislature through an open committee.”

  • bquintb
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    1 year ago

    I’ll be honest… I only clicked on this article because I was curious as to what a $19,000 lectern looks like. 🤷

    • andyburke
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      Same. Thought maybe some local woodworker produced a beautiful lectern.

      No, turns out it’s from amazon with some spray paint and Arkansas is just being Arkansas.

        • @SupraMario
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          It’s auto cleaning since so much shit comes out of her mouth…well worth the 19k

    • @voluble
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      21 year ago

      Turns out, extremely yonic