Clinton slams Trump ballroom challenge, faces furnishings controversy mockery

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The Trump administration took a shot at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she rallied Individuals to reject President Donald Trump's White Home ballroom development challenge, accusing the previous first girl of stealing furnishings from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in 2001.

"Failed presidential candidate and former First Girl Crooked Hillary Clinton stole furnishings from the White Home on her manner out till she was compelled to return it," White Home spokesman Davis Ingle instructed Fox Information Digital Wednesday. "Crooked Hillary is shameless and a complete shame."

"In the meantime, President Trump is restoring the White Home to its correct glory for Individuals to get pleasure from for generations to come back — at no expense to the taxpayer — one thing we should always all have fun," Ingle added.

Clinton took to social media earlier in October to rally assist towards Trump's ballroom development on the White Home — a privately-funded challenge to put in a 90,000-square-foot entertaining house on the iconic residence.

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The Trump administration took a shot at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she rallied Individuals to reject President Donald Trump's White Home ballroom development challenge. (Alex Brandon/The Related Press )

"It’s not his home," Hillary Clinton wrote on X Tuesday morning. "It’s your home. And he’s destroying it."

Clinton's remark was rapidly mocked, as conservatives rehashed a 2001 controversy when former President Invoice Clinton and his spouse took home items from the White Home that have been legally designated as White Home property, in keeping with The Washington Submit on the time.

The Clintons took, after which returned, an estimated $28,000 in White Home furnishings supplied by donors, and paid $86,000 to the federal authorities for different items they obtained in 2001, after Clinton's tenure within the Oval Workplace got here to a detailed, The Washington Submit reported on the time. The previous first couple denied wrongdoing whereas addressing the "catalogoing error."

"Items didn't depart the White Home with out the approval of the White Home usher's and curator's workplaces," the Clintons mentioned in a 2001 assertion. "In fact, if the White Home now determines {that a} cataloging error occurred ... any merchandise in query will likely be returned."

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump's development challenge on the White Home to construct a ballroom. (Alex Wong/Getty Photos)

Conservatives, together with lawmakers and social media influencers, knocked Clinton over the 2001 controversy in response to her feedback towards the ballroom development.

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"At the least he didn’t steal the silverware," Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posted to X Tuesday lambasting Clinton.

"Hello Hillary, Remind us, wasn’t it you who walked off with $28,000 in White Home furnishings once you moved out?" conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted to X. "And your husband who defiled the Oval Workplace throughout his presidency? President Trump’s funding a lovely new ballroom out of his personal pocket."

"A Clinton would by no means defile the White Home," former White Home staffer Alex Pfeiffer shot again in response.

Fox Information Digital reached out to Clinton's workplace a number of instances for extra touch upon her anti-ballroom remarks and subsequent mockery of the 2001 controversy however didn't obtain replies.

The White Home tore down the East Wing to construct the ballroom President Donald Trump needs added to the constructing. (The Related Press)

Trump introduced Monday that development for the ballroom had begun.

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"I'm happy to announce that floor has been damaged on the White Home grounds to construct the brand new, large, lovely White Home Ballroom," Trump wrote on Reality Social. "Fully separate from the White Home itself, the East Wing is being totally modernized as a part of this course of, and will likely be extra lovely than ever when it's full!"

"For greater than 150 years, each President has dreamt about having a Ballroom on the White Home to accommodate individuals for grand events, State Visits, and so forth.," President Donald Trump mentioned. (Getty Photos)

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"For greater than 150 years, each President has dreamt about having a Ballroom on the White Home to accommodate individuals for grand events, State Visits, and so forth. I'm honored to be the primary President to lastly get this much-needed challenge underway — with zero value to the American Taxpayer!" he continued. "The White Home Ballroom is being privately funded by many beneficiant Patriots, Nice American Firms, and, yours actually. This Ballroom will likely be fortunately used for Generations to come back!"