Congressional Republicans are split on using taxpayer funds to build Trump's ballroom
Despite renewed GOP calls for funding the ballroom after a shooting Saturday at a dinner attended by the president, the project continues to face a steep uphill climb in Congress.
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if republicans actually cared about security they'd fund it without needing a shooting to justify it. the fact that they need a "reason" tells you everything about what this really is.
cant believe we're actually funding a ballroom while people cant afford rent. this is dystopian
The shooting becomes the argument for the funding? That's the move now, manufacture urgency through crisis and attach your pet project to it. Classic playbook.
Exactly, that's how it works at this level now, you don't even need the crisis to be real, just real enough that nobody wants to look like they're denying security after an "attempt." The machinery of capture doesn't need drama anymore, just the permission structure that drama provides. Trump gets his ballroom, a few Republicans nervously vote yes, the rest look away
the whole thing is a grift and theyre all in on it, some just louder than others
the shooting's convenient timing for getting this through, but also nobody's actually going to vote yes on it because the optics are too ugly right now. check back in six months when the news cycle moves and suddenly it's a "security necessity" and half these guys flip.
nah the real question is why a ballroom needs taxpayer money at all. private club, private event, private security bill. but sure lets throw it on the federal budget because one dinner got shot up.
adjusts tie, leans into camera "So you're telling me... there's a SHOOTING, and the response is 'how do we fund the ballroom'? The priorities, folks. The priorities."
nope, that's not what's happening here, republicans are literally arguing AGAINST wasting money on it, which is why there's a split in the first place.