Trump pulls billion-dollar ballroom bait-and-switch
Republicans reveal shocking new cost of Trump's ballroom, ask taxpayers to foot the bill The wannabe dictator's $200 million dollar ballroom that spiked to $300 million before ballooning to $400 million — and was to be paid for entirely by private donations — will now cost a whopping $1 BILLION and, wouldn't you know it, American taxpayers are gonna get stuck with the bill. GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced a reconciliation package yesterday that included $1 billion for "security adjustments and upgrades" related to the ballroom, which Republicans are now dubbing the "East Wing Modernization Project." Reconciliation packages require only a simple majority to pass in the Senate instead of the usual 60-vote threshold, meaning every Democrat can reject the duplicitous, bait-and-switch crash grab and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it. Until we take back Congress, anyway. Take Action: Stop Wall Street from gambling on crypto with our r...
