Senate Republican on Trump ballroom push: 'We have $39 trillion of debt' [View all]
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Source: The Hill
04/28/26 8:11 AM ET
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is pushing back on a proposal to spend as much as $400 million in taxpayer money to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, arguing that Congress needs to rein in its deficit spending at a time of historically high national debt.
Scott told NBC News on Monday evening that the project should be paid for with private funding only. “I don’t know why you would do it” with taxpayer money “if it’s all funded,” Scott told NBC News. “We have $39 trillion in debt,” he said. “Maybe we ought to stop spending money.”
Scott supports construction of a White House ballroom but he doesn’t want taxpayers to pay for it.
“We need the ballroom and Democrats need to get over their Trump Derangement Syndrome and stop holding it up. We don’t need tax dollars for it because the project is already paid for with private funds,” Scott told The Hill in a statement. “Let’s get this done — no one can argue there isn’t a critical, immediate need,” he said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5852331-rick-scott-trump-ballroom-national-debt/
Forked tongue Scott.
Where are all the teabaggers?
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