GOP Family Values: RNC Looking Into $2K Erotic Club Tab
The Republican National Committee has a little image problem to account for after the Daily Caller reported Monday that RNC funds were used to pay for a $1,946 tab in early February at the Los Angeles nightclub Voyeur, where naughty shows of partial nakedness happen for patrons' viewing pleasure.
The Republican National Committee has a little image problem to account for after the Daily Caller reported Monday that RNC funds were used to pay for a $1,946 tab in early February at the Los Angeles nightclub Voyeur, where naughty shows of partial nakedness happen for patrons’ viewing pleasure.
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The committee’s February report to the Federal Election Commission includes an entry for a $1,946 payment on Feb. 4 for “meals” to Voyeur West Hollywood. The bar’s website describes it as “a destination for provocative revelry that combines eroticism and nightlife exclusivity.”
RNC spokesman Doug Heye says in a statement that party Chairman Michael Steele had nothing to do with the bar tab.
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The RNC's February expense report apparently listed the $1,946 tab from West Hollywood's Voyeur nightclub, which features topless entertainers and bondage-themed get-ups, as money spent on meals and not bottle service, but regardless (continued) [Pictured above, RNC Chairman Michael Steele] Updated.
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