Stingy Steve Santarsiero really nickel and dimed his perks

Yesterday we did a fact check on Steve Santarsiero’s latest ad about refusing perks while accepting – wait for it – $50,000 in perks. We took a deeper dive into his reimbursements and it turns out that Slippery Steve really, really likes his perks.

On 32 separate occasions, Slippery Steve requested reimbursements for $2.83 or less to cover the drive from the state capitol his hotel less than 5 miles away. That’s quite a baffling statistic for someone running ads about never accepting perks. Slippery Steve? More like Stingy Steve.

NRCC Comment: “Steve Santarsiero likes perks so much that he billed taxpayers 32 times for his 5 mile commute from the state capitol to his taxpayer-funded hotel room. Steve Santarsiero is nothing more than a lying fraud with no record of accomplishments as a Harrisburg politician.” –NRCC Spokesman Chris Pack