By Evaristo Lara
Rick Scott, senator from Florida, raised his voice to speak out against a proposal presented by some of his colleagues in the Republican Party so that the cost of the White House ballroom is paid for with taxpayer money.
Until a few weeks ago, the president Donald Trump had indicated that the construction of the White House Living Room would be financed entirely by donations from the private sector.
Despite this, a large group of members belonging to the Democratic Party considered it unnecessary to continue moving forward with a project that was never presented for debate, nor did they present any study in advance on the historical impact of having demolished a part of the White House.
However, following the shooting that occurred during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, organized by the WHCA in Washington, where a subject exhibited serious flaws in the security device implemented to safeguard order, Donald Trump returned to the idea of continuing with the construction of the aforementioned Ballroom.
The controversial thing about this is that Republicans Lindsey Graham, Senator from South Carolina; Katie Britt, Alabama legislator; and Eric Schmitt, senator from Missouri, announced a law to allocate $400 million from the federal budget to pay for the facility.
“America has a problem and we intend to solve it. This is not about Trump. This is about the presidency of the United States. This is about the person in that position not being at risk if they decide to leave campus. Private donations can be used, but I think they should go to buying china and things like that,” Graham told a group of media representatives.
On the other hand, during an interview given to the television network NBCalso a conservative Rick Scott indicated that he did not agree with what his party co-religionists proposed and instead recommended controlling Congress’s deficit spending.
“I don’t know why they would do it if everything is already financed. We have a debt of $39 billion dollars. Maybe we should stop spending money. Just vote no,” he stressed.
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