Is it? She got a free ticket to attend a dinner for the 0.1% where she's walking around in THAT. A working class woman who didn't just open a door for herself into these spaces but rammed it down? Nothing complicated about that.
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Replying to @ZinniaBukhari @VVFriedman
Free ticket? Members of Congress aren't allowed to accept gifts over $100
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It’s not like the ticket is worth $35k though
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Replying to @RichardrjMcCoy @thijsniks and
Are people being charged $25?
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Replying to @zachtratar @RichardrjMcCoy and
It’s a charity event. The $35k is a donation.https://www.newsweek.com/met-gala-ticket-cost-money-raised-1627921 …
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Replying to @thijsniks @RichardrjMcCoy and
To me this is the same thing as a loophole. If it is *required* for someone to spend $35k (no matter who it goes to) to gain admission to something, and then someone pays it for you, I believe that is a gift work $35k. The spirit of the law, and so on and so forth.
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Replying to @zachtratar @thijsniks and
Also to be clear, I see that other politicians have gone before. So if they all pay to attend that seems fine to me. If they all get invited and no one pays for them, that also seems fine to me. It's just if some specific person pays for any specific politician, that feels gifty.
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Replying to @zachtratar @RichardrjMcCoy and
In this case, nobody pays. I also just don’t think your logic holds: The purpose of the event is to draw attention to the Met and raise money. Nobody expects politicians to be the ones to put in their money
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Replying to @thijsniks @zachtratar and
Wait, do you know something we don’t? Somebody, presumably, forked up 35k to invite to invite her, and paid, and is now (possibly) writing it off. Is there a politician / promotion loophole you are implying?
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Chill, the Met just invited her for free because they like to have NY politicians show their support
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