Nancy Pelosi’s Extravagant CODEL Consumption

Yesterday Nancy Pelosi denounced the “let them eat cake” attitude of Republicans who had not yet caved in to her imperious demand that they abandon the promised border wall before she would deign to end the partial federal shutdown. Her rhetoric was jolting in light of these revelations from Judicial Watch:

We reported in 2010 that Pelosi’s jet travel cost the Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. Some details:

The average cost of an international CODEL [Congressional Delegation] was $228,563.33. Of the 103 Pelosi-led CODELs, 31 trips included members of the House Speaker’s family.

One CODEL traveling through Tel Aviv, Israel, to Baghdad, Iraq, May 15-20, 2008, included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. Purchases for the CODEL included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, [et cetera, et cetera, et cetera].

These extravagant junkets are financed on a coercive basis by long-suffering taxpayers, few of whom can afford such luxurious travel.

Until Trump nixed it, Pelosi was planning one of these junkets to Afghanistan during the shutdown. She should thank him for sparing her the bad optics.

A few facelifts ago, Nancy Pelosi may have looked a lot like Marie Antoinette. In light of the capitulations on the SOTU and now the shutdown, it appears she is the de facto Head of State.

On a tip from Varla.

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