OMFG NO, HEARTLESS Republican BASTARDS strip the $1 billion for Grampy's ballroom from spending package. BASTARDS! [View all]
A couple of weeks ago, as part of a weird press conference, Donald Trump again endorsed an effort to secure public funding for “security” measures related to his ballroom vanity project. Asked one day later what would happen if Congress didn’t approve the $1 billion in proposed funds, the president told reporters, “Then the White House won’t be a very secure place.”
The unsubtle message was meant to send a clear signal to Capitol Hill, especially his ostensible Republican allies, not only about what he expected them to do but also about why he saw the money as necessary.
It didn’t work. Bloomberg reported:
Senate Republicans stripped federal funds for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom from a spending package after the money triggered a backlash from lawmakers in both parties.
The removal of the funds Wednesday is a fresh setback for Trump who a day earlier Senate Republicans forced to scrap a $1.8 billion fund to pay allies who claim they were unfairly targeted by the government.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/senate-republicans-ignore-trumps-pleas-strip-ballroom-funding-from-key-bill
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