Arkansas Taxpayers Fund Huckabee-Sanders's Football Party

On Sept. 1, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a big fun party for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team at the governor’s mansion. The invitation-only event took place on the eve of the Razorbacks’ first game, with head coach Sam Pittman, three mascots in full costume, the team cheerleaders, and the dance team. She even invited some of the school’s brass section.

According to the Arkansas Times, this little shindig cost the Governor’s Mansion Commission—a publicly funded state department—“at least $13,081.36.” Here’s what you need to throw a $13,000 football party:

• $1,429.22 in gingham-checked tablecloths, purchased from Amazon. You can see one of the tablecloths in the background of this photo that Sanders posted;

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