Republicans went on Sunday news shows to push the exact same lie that President Donald Trump’s $1 billion ballroom vanity project is for national security.
Ron Johnson: "I support funding for the national security component, what's going to be underneath that ballroom. I don't want to talk further about it than that. But there's certainly a national security component." pic.twitter.com/ckvK1Pvt1S
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HASSETT: The president is using his own money and the money of donors to make it so taxpayers don't have to pay for the ballroom
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CORDES: Well, taxpayer would have to pay a billion dollars, correct?
HASSETT: No. That's not for the ballroom, that's for securing the entire White… pic.twitter.com/rk3lLnwPos
(Sources: CBS News, Fox News)