The political left’s hysteria over the addition of a ballroom to the White House continues. Those objecting choose to overlook the fact that the addition is paid for by private money and that the addition is needed to provide a place for larger gatherings. Meeting in tents outside because the White House is limited in the number of people it can host is simply not appropriate. There are not that many months when the climate of Washington, D.C., is all that comfortable outside–humidity, heat. and cold are normal occurrences. Those objecting also seem to forget that additions and changes to the White House have occurred multiple times over the years–paid for with taxpayer money.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Townhall<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n New York AG Letitia James vowed to make a name for herself by prosecuting President Trump, vowing to “get” the former President and going so far as to try and seize his properties. Frank Luntz warned her that such a move<\/a> would make Trump more popular with voters. Luntz was right, and now James is facing charges of mortgage fraud.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Left is calling that prosecution a “weaponization”<\/a> of our justice system. That’s adorable for a variety of reasons, of course. Enforcing the law is not a “weaponization” of anything, and Democrats spent years telling us “no one is above the law.”<\/strong><\/p>\n What they meant by that, of course, is that Republicans<\/em> aren’t above the law. Democrats, on the other hand, are.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rather than learning from this \u2014 after all, many people warned them that weaponizing the government against Republicans would backfire \u2014 Democrats are doubling down.<\/strong><\/p>\n Case in point: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries just vowed to investigate the people who made private donations to President Trump’s White House ballroom project.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article notes:<\/p>\n Jeffries said, without evidence, that the donors were probably using the donations to curry favor with the Trump administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n “More likely, this is part of what Donald Trump has been doing since day one of his presidency: running the largest pay-to-play scheme in the history of the country. And probably soliciting donations from people who’ve got business before the United States government,” Jeffries said.<\/strong><\/p>\n “And all of this is going to have to be investigated. It will. All of this will have to be uncovered. It will. And these people are going to be held accountable, no matter how long it takes,” Jeffries continued. “And that’s a warning to all of these people participating in this scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and, of course, to destroy the people’s house. The White House belongs to the American people. It doesn’t belong to Donald Trump.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Right. And 75 million Americans voted for Donald Trump to be president. It’s their house, too. Hakeem Jeffries went on MSNBC and threatened people who are making lawful donations to improve the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n President Trump was a successful businessman before entering politics. In the circle of people he hung around with, a donation of several thousand dollars is probably not even noteworthy. The idea that this is pay-to-play is ridiculous, particularly since the Democrats in Congress never seemed to question President Biden’s seemingly endless supply of funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The political left’s hysteria over the addition of a ballroom to the White House continues. Those objecting choose to overlook the fact that the addition is paid for by private money and that the addition is needed to provide a … Continue reading