Hats off to this reporter for asking the elephant in the room.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Chuck Schumer held a press conference, taking aim at President Trump’s new ballroom and blaming Republicans for the failure to pass a new DHS spending bill.
Schumer attended the press conference with a noticeably large bandage on his forehead, prompting one reporter to ask what had happened to it.
In response to the reporter’s question, Schumer shared that a “closet door was opened late at night and it met my forehead.”
Schumer, after answering the question, went on a rant regarding President Trump’s ballroom and stated, “We don’t need this ballroom; you want to help national security, the ballroom has nothing to do with it. Help national security by funding DHS.”
The Senator from New York added, “We don’t want to fund it, we don’t want to approve it, it is not necessary, it’s typical of what’s wrong with Donald Trump, focusing on the wrong things that appease his ego.”
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Schumer’s Office later published a press release elaborating on his disagreement with the White House’s new ballroom plans.
Per The Office of Chuck Schumer:
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on President Trump and Republicans’ skewed priorities to use taxpayer money to fund Trump’s gold-plated ballroom instead of passing the twice-Senate-approved bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and addressing the issues the American people are facing. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here.
As our nation wages Donald Trump’s reckless war with a dangerous and erratic enemy, and as the Department of Homeland Security is still not funded because of the hijinks within the president’s own party, Donald Trump has decided to focus on a taxpayer-funded, gold-plated ballroom instead of focusing on these important national security issues. The war in Iran, dangerous for the US. The fact that we haven’t funded Homeland Security, dangerous for the U.S. Does Donald Trump roll up his sleeves and solve these problems? No. He’s focused on this ballroom. His gilded, gold-plated, taxpayer-funded ballroom, instead of focusing on the important national security issues facing the country. Trump’s values are perverse. Just perverse.
If the President and House Republicans truly care about our national security, fund DHS. Fund the Secret Service. Fund CISA. Fund the Coast Guard. Fund all the crucial law-abiding agencies that every Democrat and every Republican in the Senate unanimously voted to fund not once but twice. Now House Republicans say they are tinkering with technical changes to our legislation. Speaker Johnson, our bill, our bipartisan bill, doesn’t need any changes – just pass the damn thing. Pass the damn thing. We desperately need it.
Schumer’s comments come just days after 31-year-old Cole Allen allegedly opened fire inside the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The Trump administration and House Republicans have defended the ballroom plans, arguing that incidents like the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner highlight the need for a venue capable of accommodating large crowds.
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