WSJ: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Has a $19,000 Lectern Problem [View all]

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in an unusual political scandal that has led an alleged whistleblower to step forward with potentially damaging claims and become the talk of the Natural State.

It’s about a $19,000 lectern.

The scandal—dubbed “PodiumGate” on social media by those still confused about the difference between a podium and a lectern—centers on her office’s purchase of a seemingly expensive piece of furniture to stand behind while speaking.

Records show Sanders’s office bought the lectern for $19,000 from a firm owned by a known Republican operative in a no-bid purchase. Lecterns seemingly identical to the simple, wood-paneled model Sanders’s office purchased appear to sell online for a fraction of that price.

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