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Still with the Pelosi impeachment pen nonsense. | IT WASN’T $15,000. IT WAS MUCH, MUCH LESS. NOW DO TRUMP’S TAXPAYER-EXPENSED PRESIDENTIAL TRIPS TO HIS OWN PROPERTIES | image tagged in trump's mar-a-lago,conservative hypocrisy,conservative bias,trump impeachment,nancy pelosi,nancy pelosi wtf | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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orangemanbad below has a good guess
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When I first looked into this a few days ago, in the middle of the 24-hour outrage over this, I couldn’t find anything. I made a meme about it where I very conservatively estimated the cost couldn’t possibly be over $10,000.

Now it looks like Snopes found the answer. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/impeachment-pens-15k-dollars/

The total cost of the impeachment pens was $450.

OP is flat out wrong and my initial guesstimate was way too overbudget.
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Snopes got that information directly from speaking with Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff.

https://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/nancy-pelosis-impeachment-pens-did-not-cost-15000/

And these guys talked to the pen supplier, Garland Writing Instruments in Rhode Island, who reported they cost about $20 a piece.
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What he has to say about it is more reliable source than whatever this Twitter guy threw out without any backing evidence at all

Does this Twitter guy have an agenda of his own? Clearly. It’s all over his entire tweet

And again: Pen manufacturer. $20. This issue is dead as a doornail unless you have something solid to counter it.
2 ups, 5y
He should stop sniffing them.
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4 ups, 5y,
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trump also uses sharpies to alter weather maps. $ 2 goes a long way.
5 ups, 5y,
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Every time with you.
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6 ups, 5y,
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How is that a deflection, the meme mentions trump and sharpies, I was just expanding on the convenience of sharpies. Heh heh.
3 ups, 5y
Fair enough. Continue on.
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0 ups, 5y
To be fair, i skimmed over OP's meme or got distracted and forgot Trump was mentioned.
2 ups, 5y,
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It was the common practice back in the day, before stations started using animated maps.
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3 ups, 5y,
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Ha ha ha ha! Thanks for that. I needed a chuckle
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Ba ha ha ha, hilarious, what?, are you 12?
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Sooooo, you're taking the bet? Do we have a bet?
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I won't have to save them, cuz when trump loses, you will slowly slink away anyways. Bawk bawk bawk
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You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means. If he wins I wont slink, I'll just hit delete, no pomp and circumstance, just a red button delete.
2 ups, 5y
Whatever spell she was trying to cast is gonna hit her hard.
0 ups, 5y
To be fair, they ARE pretty nice pens.

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Upvote!
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$15,000 pens? Hardly. More like under $15 each.You're falling for fake news.
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The pens are not $15000 worth. they are not engraved they are embossed, they are 90% plastic.
Her office reckoned $15 each. Just go look at a Stationary supplier, they shouldn't have cost more than a few dollars which makes me doubt the $15 quoted from her office and I think they just said that too attempt to shut all the talk down. The platters if real are more of a waste especially if Nancy is taking them home with her.
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Not what I heard, I heard the gold was smelted from Capt. Cooks hidden treasures found on Oak Island, the ball in the ball point is made from blood diamonds, the casing is from recycled straws, the ink is actually tears from children and eye of newt, while the signitures were done by a blind Tibetten monk on the peaks of the Himmaleyas. That's why she waited so long to send the articals, that and Kevin Costner reprised his role as the Postman to deliver said pens. THAT'S what your paying for. Totally worth it
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That sums it up. I cant believe that it has continued but also that someone managed to find the most ridiculous of all the claims. Maybe it's just trolling but i dont think so because it's only a few of us pointing out the reality. I dont get how they cant see they are plastic pens.
You Should try make a meme around that list. I know it would be long but worth it. Maybe a Mastercard style, Starting with" Smelting gold from captain cooks treasure $8000" etc and so on. So that it doesn't get tiring.
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Oh and it has to end with Nancy's Pens priceless.
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Go ahead, keep on sniffing.
0 ups, 5y
Yeah I'm a Liberal ass sniffer, that sounds about right.
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