‘We followed the law, reimbursed the state with private funds, and this was nothing more than a ridiculous controversy manufactured by the far left.’
‘We can all agree that $19,000 was spent on an item, and no one has really seen it,’ Republican Rep. Julie Mayberry said, calling the lectern ‘a complete waste of money if no one is using it.’
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican who served as press secretary for former President Donald Trump, has dismissed questions about the lectern as a ‘manufactured controversy,’ and the item has not been seen at her public events.
The Republican Party of Arkansas reimbursed the state for the purchase on Sept. 14, and Gov. Sanders’ office has called the use of the state credit card an accounting error.
