US EditionRepublicans in Congress push for Trump’s White House ballroom after shooting at media dinner
Republican lawmakers say the project would add a secure on-site venue and underground security space after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
- Following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing to build a new White House ballroom, arguing it provides necessary security.
- The ballroom project has polled poorly since Trump bulldozed the East Wing last year without standard approval processes. A CNN analysis found more than 97 percent of comments critical of the project.
- While the dinner hosts more than 2000 people, Trump's ballroom is expected to seat about 1000. Polling shows strong opposition, with opponents outnumbering supporters by around 3-to-1 in some surveys.
- GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is calling on Congress to authorize construction to bypass legal hurdles; however, Congress has shown little interest in voting on the measure, which requires Democratic support.
- Host Seth Meyers mocked the administration's claims that the ballroom is 'militarily top secret,' noting Trump's frequent public discussions contradict such secrecy assertions.
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Trump Points To WHCA Dinner Shooting In Urging Judge To Let Him Build White House Ballroom
Donald Trump is pointing to the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to make the case to a federal judge that he should lift his order to stop construction of a new White House ballroom. The argument is that the incident never would have happened had the event been at the White House, which currently has a much smaller space, the East Room or outside tents, to host large events. In a new filing late Monday, much of which reads …
AOC shut down discussion of making taxpayers fund Trump’s ballroom in just two words
As congressional Republicans line up to support increased spending on a ballroom for Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) summed up her thoughts on the plan with just two words yesterday at the Capitol. Pablo Manriquez of MeidasTouch asked Ocasio-Cortez about her Republican colleagues demanding that taxpayer funds be used for Trump’s ballroom after a shooter was apprehended at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend. Sh…
Republicans push for Trump’s ballroom after attack
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are escalating their efforts to authorize the building of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom at the White House in the aftermath of the attack on a press gala in Washington on Saturday night that exposed security vulnerabilities. The post Republicans push for Trump’s ballroom after attack appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
The US President has grand plans for Washington and the military, which are probably not all realized. At least the attempt to assassinate the ballroom at the White House breathes new life
Five bills to build Trump’s ballroom offered after WHCA attack
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, congressional lawmakers have begun offering their official policy reaction and so far it all points in one direction: building Trump’s ballroom. Within hours of the shooting, several GOP lawmakers from both the House and Senate announced they would introduce legislation to approve the project, which has stalled amid le…
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