{"id":1542057,"date":"2022-07-06T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542057"},"modified":"2022-07-06T18:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:34:25","slug":"pennsylvania-lieutenant-gov-spent-taxpayer-funds-on-jersey-shore-vacation-during-covid-lockdowns-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-lieutenant-gov-spent-taxpayer-funds-on-jersey-shore-vacation-during-covid-lockdowns-records-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. Spent Taxpayer Funds On Jersey Shore Vacation During COVID Lockdowns, Records Show\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-lieutenant-gov-spent-taxpayer-funds-on-jersey-shore-vacation-during-covid-lockdowns-records-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Despite the Pennsylvania Department of Health warning against non-essential travel, lieutenant governor and pro-COVID lockdown advocate John Fetterman used tax-payer funds for a Jersey Shore family getaway three months into the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Records obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/pa-dem-pushed-covid-lockdowns-during-taxpayer-funded-jersey-shore-vacay-records-show\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> show Fetterman spent $3,500 on security detail for overtime, food, and lodging from June 24-27, 2020, in Ocean City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s family vacation came two days after New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a crackdown on maskless beach goers amid a spike in COVID-19 cases at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Calvello, a spokesman for Fetterman\u2019s campaign, confirmed the vacation to The Washington Free Beacon but emphasized he never claimed reimbursement for travel expenses. Calvello added that Fetterman had cut spending on travel, food, conferences, and office supplies during his first two years as Pennsylvania\u2019s lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn and his family do take modest summer vacations like many folks in PA,\u201d Calvello told the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Calvello said Alleghany County, where Fetterman lives, \u201cwas not in lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But modest as they may seem, Fetterman\u2019s security detail were guests at the Port-O-Call Hotel, a premier resort located on Jersey\u2019s Ocean City boardwalk, during the vacation. The Free Beacon reports the Fetterman\u2019s have stayed at the resort during other vacations.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from pushing draconian lockdown measures during the pandemic and vowing to practice social distancing, minimize trips, and stay at home and out of the indoor public spaces, Fetterman begged Pennsylvania residents to mask up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t emphasize enough how important if you want Pennsylvania to stay open and the hospital beds to stay empty \u2014 please wear a mask,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman\/status\/1278696410460893186\">said<\/a> less than a week after his vacation. \u201cA mask has nothing to do with your politics or who you\u2019re gonna vote for. It has everything to do with keeping Pennsylvania healthy and keeping Pennsylvania open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Fetterman was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJ_Szym\/status\/1281282945773375490\">spotted<\/a> maskless on the boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s lieutenant governor has a history of pushing COVID-19 mandates and orders.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2020, he blamed COVID-19 outbreaks on \u201crenegade counties\u201d with \u201ca small, tiny minority\u201d of anti-lockdown protestors. He also said keeping schools closed was \u201can absolute necessity\u201d in slowing the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman threw his name in Pennsylvania\u2019s U.S. Senate Race earlier this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/pennsylvania-senate-race\/pa-senate-race-538-model-shows-toss-up-in-oz-fetterman-election\/\">According to<\/a> an election forecast model, he stands against the Trump-endorsed celebrity television doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz and currently holds a 2 percent lead in winning the race.<\/p>\n<p>Since suffering from a near-fatal stroke in May 2022, the 52-year-old lieutenant governor and senate candidate has remained off the campaign trail while he recovers.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Fetterman and his family were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkEichmann\/status\/1539619196375425030\">seen<\/a> again on the Ocean City boardwalk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the Pennsylvania Department of Health warning against non-essential travel, lieutenant governor and pro-COVID lockdown advocate John Fetterman used tax-payer funds for a Jersey Shore family getaway three months into the coronavirus pandemic. Records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show Fetterman spent $3,500 on security detail for overtime, food, and lodging from June 24-27, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1542106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1542057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}