Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling on Melania Trump to either move to Washington or start paying for the expensive New York security detail required to protect the first lady and the Trump’s son, Baron.
As of Wednesday afternoon more than 200,000 people had signed a Change.org petition asking Melania Trump to either move into the White House or pay for the additional security herself, CBS News reported.
“The U.S. taxpayer is paying an exorbitant amount of money to protect the First Lady in Trump Tower,” the petition reads. “As to help relieve the national debt, this expense yields no positive results for the nation and should be cut from being funded.”
The New York Police Department said it is spending between $127,000 and $146,000 a day to protect the first lady and Baron Trump.
The Trump administration announced before the transition that Melania Trump would remain at Trump Tower in New York until son, Baron, finished out the school year.
Shelby Lin Erdman contributed to this report.
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