When Vice President Mike Pence left last season's 49ers-Colts game before kickoff to protest players kneeling during the "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest racial inequality, the trip cost over $325,000, according to documents obtained by the Huffington Post.
The Secret Service released documents Friday, showing that expenses for Pence's trip -- "hotels, travel, and additional security measures," per the Huffington Post -- cost over $75,000. Last year, the Washington Post reported Air Force Two costs about $43,000 per hour to operate, meaning that the cost of the flight alone was $250,000.
The cost breakdown, was as follows:
- Hotel rooms: $64,637.