Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated President Donald Trump’s development of a ballroom on the White Home was “lawlessness” that warranted an investigation.
Host Nicolle Wallace stated, “Senator, have you ever seen the reside photos of the destruction of the East Wing of the White Home this afternoon?”
Blumenthal stated, “I’ve seen some photos of it, and I actually consider that they’re destroying an American icon, a tradition and an emblem of America that’s unforgivable. Other than the entire sorts of prices concerned, the thousands and thousands of {dollars} that needs to be taken under consideration and saved, and the sources that put them on the mercy, probably of and and beholden to the millionaires who’re contributing, they’re destroying a construction that may be a image of America. I’m once more struck by the lawlessness that’s concerned right here, this slide towards authoritarianism.”
Wallace stated, “That is funded, we’re instructed, by Donald Trump, by company sponsors. Would you want to grasp what the company sponsors have been promised in return? And do you assume within the lengthy arc of historical past, do you assume these company sponsors ought to save their very own data and paperwork for being a part of the destruction of the East Wing of the White Home?”
Blumenthal stated, “Not solely would I prefer it, however I feel the American folks should know in regards to the huge companies which might be contributing actually tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars}, every of them, to finance this destruction. It’s outright destruction of an American icon, the East Wing of the White Home but additionally what they’re anticipating in return? It’s what we’ve seen once more, within the sorts of settlements, for instance, of lawsuits by huge companies with Donald Trump paying him thousands and thousands of {dollars} after they have mergers underneath evaluation or different choices which may be topic to evaluation and regulation, to not point out the crypto schemes and corruption. I feel, creates a sample right here that cries out for investigation.”
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